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Definition of Dromedaries
1. dromedary [n] - See also: dromedary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dromedaries
Literary usage of Dromedaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai by Richard Lepsius (1853)
"On the 19th of May we at length set out on our journey, with twenty camels, two
dromedaries, thirteen asses, and one horse. When I speak of camels and ..."
2. A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest by Edward Herbert Bunbury (1883)
"RATE OF TRAVELLING ON dromedaries. On this occasion we are told that the ...
and being mounted on dromedaries (Spo/xdS«s Kcy«7\oi) accomplished the distance ..."
3. The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains by Henry Baker Tristram (1860)
"... or in the guise of hired guards for caravans camped in the outskirts, or
bivouacking with their beautiful white dromedaries within the walls. ..."
4. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"The routes were soon made practicable for fast horses and stage-coaches, against
which camels and dromedaries could not compete, and eventually for ..."
5. Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East by Charles Greenstreet Addison (1838)
"The she dromedaries were being milked in wooden bowls, and hot cakes of ...
Numerous dromedaries of all sizes were wandering off into the desert to seek for ..."
6. Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East. With a Sketch of the State and by Charles Greenstreet Addison (1838)
"dromedaries. — HORSES. BREAKFAST. —BEDOUIN WOMEN. DEPARTURE. DESERT. ... The she
dromedaries were being milked in wooden bowls, and hot cakes of unleavened ..."
7. A Journey to Central Africa; Or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt and the by Bayard Taylor (1885)
"... View of the Second Cataract—We reach Wadi-Halfa—Selling my dromedaries- Farewell
to Abou-Sin—Thanksgiving on the Ferry-boat—Parting with the Caicai BUD. ..."
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