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Definition of Manilles
1. manille [n] - See also: manille
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manilles
Literary usage of Manilles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1904)
"All this fleet would go to Panama or Pan- ati [tej Panay] which is near the
manilles, and where there is a place named Otting [i.*., Oton], guarded by but ..."
2. Ten Spanish Farces of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries by George Tyler Northup (1922)
"In the game of hombre, the manilles were the deuce of spades or clubs, and the
seven of ... In the game of malilla, the nine spots were manilles, and, ..."
3. The East and West Indian Mirror: Being an Account of Joris Van Speilbergen's by Joris van Spilbergen, Jacques Le Maire, John Abraham Jacob De Villiers (1906)
"From those who were in these sampans we heard all the particulars concerning the
Spanish armada fitted out in the manilles ; that it had sailed under the ..."
4. Curiosities of Savage Life by James Greenwood (1865)
"The wealth of the husband is usually calculated by the quantity of beads which
adorn the bosom of his wife, and by the number of manilles which she wears on ..."
5. Six Years of a Traveller's Life in Western Africa by Francisco Travassos Valdez (1861)
"After the reception of these manilles, the marriage ceremony is complete, and
the husband takes his wife to his new home. ..."
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