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Definition of Gemsbucks
1. gemsbuck [n] - See also: gemsbuck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemsbucks
Literary usage of Gemsbucks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"... sight—Speed and endurance —Chase after four gemsbucks—Two shot—Sight of ...
wounded by lioness—Gemsbuck bull shot—Visit from natives—gemsbucks and ..."
2. Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa: Being the Narrative of the Last by Frederick Courteney Selous (1893)
"... as there was not much to be got there that I wanted, and so in August trekked
back to Sode Gara, where I remained for some time hunting gemsbucks, ..."
3. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"... and gemsbucks, which still exist in the country bordering on the Kalahari desert.
The high veldt of the Transvaal too, once black with innumerable herds ..."
4. Pictures of Travel, Sport, and Adventure by George Lacy (1899)
"With the exception of giraffes, about which I am not certain, and of sable
antelopes and gemsbucks, every species of South African game abounded in various ..."
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