Definition of Gambos

1. gambo [n] - See also: gambo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambos

gambo
gamboge
gamboge tree
gambogenic
gambogenic acid
gamboges
gambogian
gambogic
gambogic acid
gambol
gamboled
gamboling
gambolled
gambolling
gambols
gambos (current term)
gambrel
gambrel roof
gambrel roofs
gambrelled
gambrels
gambrinous
gambroon
gambroons
gambs
gambusia
gambusias
game-bird
game-changing

Literary usage of Gambos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1883)
"Mr. Johnston and the Boer rode to gambos Fort, a Portuguese military stockade ... After leaving the vicinity of gambos Fort we passed a conical shaped rocky ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"The gambos country was also pasted through, but it was then famine-stricken. The Portuguese fort here ... The gambos natives are proverbially idle and lazy. ..."

3. The Lands of Cazembe: Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798 by Francisco José de Lacerda e Almeida, Pedro Joä̃o Baptista, Amaro José, Charles Tilstone Beke (1873)
"... of gambos (Sambos ?) and of Avila. The latter is the formidable Canina, ... and gambos (Sambos?), to the Humbe country, divided by the great ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1883)
"Mr. Johnston and the Boer rode to gambos Fort, a Portuguese military stockade ... After leaving the vicinity of gambos Fort we passed a conical shaped rocky ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"The gambos country was also pasted through, but it was then famine-stricken. The Portuguese fort here ... The gambos natives are proverbially idle and lazy. ..."

6. The Lands of Cazembe: Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798 by Francisco José de Lacerda e Almeida, Pedro Joä̃o Baptista, Amaro José, Charles Tilstone Beke (1873)
"... of gambos (Sambos ?) and of Avila. The latter is the formidable Canina, ... and gambos (Sambos?), to the Humbe country, divided by the great ..."

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