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Definition of Chechias
1. chechia [n] - See also: chechia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chechias
Literary usage of Chechias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call by Larry H. Ludmer (2006)
"The two biggest are the Souq el Attarine and the Grand Souq des chechias. ...
The Souq des chechias is where fezes (traditional red hat) are made. ..."
2. Brave Belgians by Camille Buffin (1918)
"We could see their yellow jackets and the blue veiling covering their chechias.
Holding their guns in their hands, they were advancing cautiously, ..."
3. My Lorraine Journal by Edith O'Shaughnessy (1918)
"I remember once being on the dunes in Belgium, and against the yellow sand men
were sitting in red trousers and chechias, and one was telling a tale of ..."
4. Tunis, Kairouan & Carthage by Graham Petrie (1908)
"... the Souk-des-Etoffes and another, which is now known as the Souk-des-chechias,
were among those which were used until the abolition of slavery in 1842. ..."
5. Carthage and Tunis: The Old and New Gates of the Orient by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1906)
"But there are still a few conscientious workmen making chechias in the time-honoured
way. No one would recognise the little, close-fitting red fez in its ..."
6. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1902)
"It strikes the chechias that fly above his head. At his turn the Soufi prepares
himself and says: " Stand up straight now, as I did for thee. ..."
7. Reminiscences of an Officer of Zouaves by Jean Joseph Gustave Cler (1860)
"... in which the dark overcoats of the Russian soldiers, the red chechias of the
Zouaves, and the black, fur bonnets of the Cossack volunteers, ..."
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