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Definition of Kaftans
1. kaftan [n] - See also: kaftan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kaftans
Literary usage of Kaftans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"... die Lifte or Lifts ; der Kaftan, des kaftans, die Kaf tañe or kaftans ; der
Turban, des Turbans, die Turbane or Turbans; das Defizit, des Defizits, ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"Scantily covered with ragged kaftans, they frequent the outer rings of the city
and suburbs, and, poor themselves, they carry the poor for a trifle to visit ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1888)
"rang through the air, and the lanky, hook-nosed wretches came ambling past in a
line, vainly clutching at their kaftans to keep them from the mud, ..."
4. Russia and the Russians, in 1842 by Johann Georg Kohl (1842)
"... ragged kaftans, they frequent the outer rings of the city and suburbs, and,
poor themselves, they carry the poor for a trifle to visit their equals. ..."
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