Lexicographical Neighbors of Joncanoe
Literary usage of Joncanoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical View of the Present State of Slavery in the West Indies: Or, an by Alexander Barclay (1826)
"... and the joncanoe-men, after a display of their buffoonery, commonly put the
white people under requisition for a little money, to pay the fiddler, &c. ..."
2. A Practical View of the Present State of Slavery in the West Indies; Or, An by Alexander Barclay, Jamaica (1827)
"... and the joncanoe-men, after a display of their buffoonery, commonly put the
white people under requisition for a little money, to pay the fiddler, &c. ..."
3. Four Years' Residence in the West Indies, During the Years 1826, 7, 8, and 9 by Frederic William Naylor Bayley (1833)
"The joncanoe men, disrobed of part of their paraphernalia, were the two heroes,
and fought, not for a kingdom but a queen, whom the victor carried off in ..."
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