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Definition of Bostangis
1. bostangi [n] - See also: bostangi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bostangis
Literary usage of Bostangis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1845)
"At the appointed hour, Mustapha came with some bostangis, whom he caused to wait
outside, and a basket, such as he had promised, into which got Abdool the ..."
2. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1817)
"Un Sultan fit même un jour mourir un de ces bostangis qu'on trouva endormi sous
un arbre, quoiqu'il n'eût pas entendu le signal qui ..."
3. Les prisons de l'Europe by Jules Édouard Alboise du Pujol, Auguste Maquet (1845)
"A cet appel, le grand vizir suivi de bostangis se présente. ... Aussitôt on
demande aux bostangis qui étaient restés immobiles auprès du cadavre du grand ..."
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