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Definition of Camases
1. camas [n] - See also: camas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camases
Literary usage of Camases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... Colonel Derschau, General Flans; these, and the other nameless Generals and
Officials, are a curious counterpart to the camases, ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"Of both these camases there will be honourable and important mention by and by;
especially of the Lady, whom he continues to call " Mamma" for fifty years ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"Of both these camases there will be honourable and important mention by and by;
especially of the Lady, whom he continues to call 'Mamma' for fifty years to ..."
4. Final Recollections of a Diplomatist by Sir Horace Rumbold (1905)
"... we were met at the station by our host, and taken in ttia> smartest 01 country
camases to the ..."
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