2. Verb. (third-person singular of conga) ¹
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Definition of Congas
1. conga [v] - See also: conga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Congas
Literary usage of Congas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, John O'Donovan, Eugene O'Curry, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, William Maunsell Hennessy, Robert Atkinson (1901)
"... as usual, there is left over the root lua<l, [connected with lud, lui, and
the cpd. as-lui], so that con-sla may be something like congas-lili. ..."
2. The Ecclesiastical History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the by William Dool Killen (1875)
"1 It so happened that congas of Armagh now stood in this relation to the King of
Ireland. Thus it was that the abbot possessed sufficient influence to ..."
3. An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton (1759)
"At lafl, on the 28th, I was obliged to appear as a crimi- " nal, in congas, before
the governor and his grand coun- " til, attended with all the Haves in ..."
4. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"—Letter from Mr. James Conyngham, survivor of the Pulo Condore massacre, in
Lockyer, p. 93. Lockyer adds: "I understood the congas to be ..."
5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... in particular, subject to worms; and the congas, to dropsical disorders.
How salt-water, or new Negroes should be seasoned. Some Negroes cat dirt. ..."
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