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Definition of Gumbos
1. gumbo [n] - See also: gumbo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gumbos
Literary usage of Gumbos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... SOUPS, gumbos Asparagus Soup—Cream of Asparagus—Bean Soup—Black Bean Soup—Lima
Bean Soup —Beef Stew with Rice—Company Bouillon—Vegetable Bouillon—Carrot ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"These beds evidently belong to the series of shales, gumbos, and rocks we are
now considering. At the depth of 2200 ft., a small show of oil was found, ..."
3. The Cradle of the Blue Nile: A Visit to the Court of King John of Ethiopia by Emilius Albert De Cosson (1877)
"The same morning the same village had furnished for breakfast 200 cakes of bread,
1 goat, 60 eggs, 15 fowls, and 2 gumbos of beer. ..."
4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. (1915)
"These gumbos carry some included lenses of shale, but these are as a rule not
individually extensive. They also carry small pockets of pulverulent gypsum ..."
5. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1916)
"These beds evidently belong to the series of gumbos, and rocks we are now considering.
At the depth of 2200 ft — small show of oil was found, ..."
6. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"If the material is too wet to be plowed, as in case of swamp muck, quicksands
and some gumbos; or is too hard to be plowed ..."
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