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Cabas

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Ca`bas´    (kå`bä´)
n.1.A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; - often written caba.


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Ere she had closed the door on me and herself, the corridor was already filled with day-pupils, tearing down their cloaks, bonnets, and cabas from the wooden pegs on which they were suspended; the shrill voice of a maitresse was heard at intervals vainly endeavouring to enforce some sort of order; vainly, I say: discipline there was none in these rough ranks, and yet this was considered one of the best-conducted schools in Brussels.
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