Definition of Cajon

1. a steep-sided canyon [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cajon

cajaputs
cajeput
cajeputol
cajeputs
cajole
cajoled
cajolement
cajolements
cajoler
cajoleries
cajolers
cajolery
cajoles
cajoling
cajolingly
cajon (current term)
cajones
cajuput
cajuput oil
cajuputene
cajuputs
cake
cake-slice
cake-slices
cake-walk
cake alum
cake boys
cake crumbs

Literary usage of Cajon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cruise of the Tomas Barrera: The Narrative of a Scientific Expedition to by J B (John Brooks) Henderson (1916)
"... Cape Colorado to Cape cajon Friday, May 22d. Our anticipations of a bad night were fully realized. The wind howled dismally, creating an ugly chop. ..."

2. California Highways: A Descriptive Record of Road Development by the State by Ben Blow (1920)
"... the county seat, to the summit of cajon Pass, popularly known as the "Gateway into California," from which point an unpaved county road leads out into ..."

3. To California Over the Santa Fe Trail by Charles A. Higgins (1917)
"SOUTH OF cajon PASS. The Santa Ana and San Gabriel Valleys of Southern California are entered through the cajon Pass. It is the loveliest imaginable scene, ..."

4. Reply to the Criticisms of James D. Dana by Jules Marcou, James Dwight Dana, Louis Agassiz (1859)
"V, Geological Report of routes in California; cajon Pass; p. 88. 4° edition.) The last two articles, contained in the numbers for November 1858 and January ..."

5. Report of the State Engineer of California, on Irrigation and the Irrigation by California Office of State Engineer, William Hammond Hall (1888)
"Twin Creeks and cajon Pass Works aurf Projects: Old Town Ditch; East Twin Creek Ditches; West Twin Creek Ditches. SECTION lll. ..."

6. Bolivia [a Handbook] by International Bureau of the American Republics (1892)
"The following statement shows the quantity and grade of ore produced and how disposed of for the calendar year 189o: Ores containing 5o marcs per cajon, ..."

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