Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambados
Literary usage of Gambados
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Alain René Le Sage (1854)
"But you may guess what was my surprise, when in this cavalier I recollected
gambados, the husband of Donna Helena ! He was no less astonished when he saw ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1842)
"... and he kept running about from one side to another, making all kinds of
gambados, and brandishing his sword with both hands. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"... and gambados, till, on hearing the first cock, he twitched his mantle tight
about him*, and disappeared with the usual valediction: " Here 's a cloke, ..."
4. The History of Japan: Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam by Engelbert Kaempfer, Simon Delboe, William Ramsden, Hammond Gibben (1906)
"... or gambados, are very short. A broad round leather hangs down on both sides,
after the fashion of the Tartars, for to defend the leggs. ..."
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