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Definition of Cowries
1. cowry [n] - See also: cowry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowries
Literary usage of Cowries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"In the present day two or three onions may be bought for ten cowries in the Calcutta
... A small handful of rice may be bought for twenty or thirty cowries. ..."
2. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo, Henri Cordier, Henry Yule (1903)
"Klaproth states that Yun-nan is the only country of China in which cowries had
continued in use, though in ancient times they were more generally diffused. ..."
3. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"They are large, fat, and very good to eat, though less fresh and cool than those
found in more northern situations. cowries, the shells cowries. called by ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... and presenting a tribute of cowries, fish, and cakes. The Governor in return
stipulates for succour to Europeans shipwrecked on the islands. ..."
5. Mostly Mammals, Zoological Essays by Richard Lydekker (1903)
"THE COLOURS OF cowries AMONG all the treasures of the shell-cabinet few are more
generally attractive than the cowries, or kauris (Cypraea), which form the ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... goods were on sale, and no signs of communication with civilization were seen
except a little brass beaten into ornaments and a few beads and cowries. ..."
7. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"In the present day two or three onions may be bought for ten cowries in the Calcutta
... A small handful of rice may be bought for twenty or thirty cowries. ..."
8. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo, Henri Cordier, Henry Yule (1903)
"Klaproth states that Yun-nan is the only country of China in which cowries had
continued in use, though in ancient times they were more generally diffused. ..."
9. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"They are large, fat, and very good to eat, though less fresh and cool than those
found in more northern situations. cowries, the shells cowries. called by ..."
10. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... and presenting a tribute of cowries, fish, and cakes. The Governor in return
stipulates for succour to Europeans shipwrecked on the islands. ..."
11. Mostly Mammals, Zoological Essays by Richard Lydekker (1903)
"THE COLOURS OF cowries AMONG all the treasures of the shell-cabinet few are more
generally attractive than the cowries, or kauris (Cypraea), which form the ..."
12. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... goods were on sale, and no signs of communication with civilization were seen
except a little brass beaten into ornaments and a few beads and cowries. ..."
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