Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombo
Literary usage of Bombo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Among the Zulus and Amatongas: With Sketches of the Natives, Their Language by David Leslie (1875)
"V.—OOL bombo. The most remarkable feature of this country is the range of mountains
known as the bombo—a spur of the Drachens- berg, running as nearly as ..."
2. Central Asia and Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"CROSS-QUESTIONED BY KAMBA bombo. FRESH, strange, inquisitive faces kept cropping
up one after the ... cried the old men ; " that's the bombo (governor) of ..."
3. Adventures in Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1904)
"KAMBA bombo. THE 9th August was an important day for us. In the morning a number
of mounted men and patrols drew off to the south-west, driving all the ..."
4. Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 1909-1910 by Edgar George Dion Lardner (1912)
"I now had to make arrangements for continuing my "safari" to bombo, where I was
to take up my appointment. This meant a good fortnight's trek. ..."
5. A Lady's Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo's by Wilkinson, Annie Margaret (Green) Wilkinson (1882)
"... AND ON THE bombo. ' Pretoria, Transvaal, Aug. 20, 1873. ' You will be amazed
at the above address, so I think I cannot do better than give you an ..."
6. Constantine the Great: A Tragedy by Newman Howard (1906)
"bombo. No doubt of that. Fausta. Then am I safe ! bombo. ... bombo. Yet wary with
his angling. Not till the net is drawn the fish are stunned. Fausta. ..."
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