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Definition of Sarabands
1. saraband [n] - See also: saraband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarabands
Literary usage of Sarabands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"A kind of dance. preludes, sarabands, jigs, and gaints, arc real The disposition
in a fiddle to play tunes in GAUZE, *. s. A kind of thin transparent ..."
2. Ninon de Lenclos by Bret (Antoine) (1904)
"played some sarabands'—which sentence is equivalent to a formal signature.
My dear niece (said Eleonore to ..."
3. A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players by Oskar Bie, Ernest Edward Kellett, Edward Woodall Naylor (1899)
"Neat, volkslied-like sarabands, ravishing bourrees, rococo gavottes, ... D minor
suite, the multiform air of the D minor, E minor, and A minor sarabands, ..."
4. Oriental Rugs by John Kimberly Mumford (1902)
"It is found in avast number of sarabands, and the reciprocal saw tooth is perhaps
even more common. ..."
5. Oriental Rugs by John Kimberly Mumford (1902)
"It is found in avast number of sarabands, and the reciprocal saw tooth is perhaps
... The genuine Mir sarabands are tied in the ..."
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