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Definition of Boorkas
1. boorka [n] - See also: boorka
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boorkas
Literary usage of Boorkas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the war in Afghanistan by Sir John William Kaye (1851)
"... the balconies and terraces of the houses were filled with women wrapped in
boorkas or long veils to see their Prince. A man, on the part of the Shah, ..."
2. Notes on the Caucasus by Elim Henry D'Avigdor (1883)
"... run great risk of being stolen if not put inside somewhere)—we spread our
boorkas, or large felt cloaks, in the garden by the stream and went to sleep. ..."
3. Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott by William Nott, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1854)
"Hundreds of women and children, enveloped in their long white boorkas, studded
the side of the mountain, as they plied their rapid and dangerous way toward ..."
4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott by William Nott, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1854)
"Hundreds of women and children, enveloped in their long white boorkas, studded
the side of the mountain, as they plied their rapid and dangerous way toward ..."
5. Inquiry concerning the site of ancient Palibothra by William Francklin (1815)
"the variety of their appearance and shapes gave an interest to the prospect:
shortly after arrived at the boorkas, or hot springs, the sources of the Obee ..."
6. Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott ...: Edited, at by William Nott (1854)
"Hundreds of women and children, enveloped in their long white boorkas, studded
the side of the mountain, as they plied their rapid and dangerous way toward ..."
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