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Definition of Dumbos
1. dumbo [n] - See also: dumbo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbos
Literary usage of Dumbos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Of thirtie Giants at once destroyed by fire, by dumbos Sonnes left, in revenge
of their Fathers death. There is yet a later example of certayne Giants of ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Of thirtie Giants at once destroyed by fire, by dumbos Sonnes left, in revenge
of their Fathers death. There is yet a later example of certayne Giants of ..."
3. The Lands of Cazembe: Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798 by Francisco José de Lacerda e Almeida, Pedro Joä̃o Baptista, Amaro José, Charles Tilstone Beke (1873)
"They allowed us to enter into their houses; and we gave them a present of two
dumbos of Indian cloths. We spoke with them about the journey we were making ..."
4. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"Such a point, selected by astronomers nearly two thousand years ago, is the
so-called Vernal Equinox, or First of Aries. dumbos 23. The Ecliptic, Equinoxes ..."
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