Definition of Calamancoes

1. Noun. (plural of calamanco) ¹

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Definition of Calamancoes

1. calamanco [n] - See also: calamanco

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calamancoes

calabazilla
calaboose
calabooses
calabur tree
calabura
calade
caladenia
calades
caladium
caladiums
calaite
calaites
calaloo
calalu
calamanco
calamancoes (current term)
calamancos
calamander
calamanders
calamari
calamari ring
calamaries
calamaris
calamars
calamary
calamata
calamatas
calambac
calambour

Literary usage of Calamancoes

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

1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"... know what sum of the new currency to demand for their calamancoes and durants. Buyers would have been tortured with apprehensions of extortion. ..."

2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1900)
"... and I dare say the gentleman who made it. All the children jumped for joy. The girls went off straightway to get their best calamancoes, ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"... and I daresay the gentleman who made it. AH the children jumped for joy. The girls went off straightway to get their best calamancoes, ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1823)
"Ropes, hempen cloth, calamancoes, gun flints, says, silk, butter, salt, and woollen cloth. Houses. Inhab. ..."

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