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Definition of Josses
1. joss [n] - See also: joss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Josses
Literary usage of Josses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Ramble Round the Globe by Thomas Robert Dewar (1894)
"... Flower-boats '—Cantonese Perfumes— Sign-boards—Temples and josses—A Chinese
Lunch —The Science of Cruelty—Chinese Punishments—Going to Shanghai—Wreck of ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1854)
"This contained six of the gigantic josses on either hand, and two still larger
directly in front, having a sort of altar with handsome lamps, etc., on it, ..."
3. Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life by Lafcadio Hearn (1896)
""Yes; idols, Japanese idols, — josses." "Something," I answered, "but not ...
I've been collecting josses for twenty years, and 1 've got some worth seeing. ..."
4. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
""Well, come and look at my collection, won't you ? l've been collecting josses
for twenty years, and l've got some worth seeing. They 're not for sale, ..."
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