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Definition of Kabayas
1. kabaya [n] - See also: kabaya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kabayas
Literary usage of Kabayas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bits of Old China by William C. Hunter (1885)
"A few printed chintzes, white and blue cottons, sarongs and kabayas, checked
kerchiefs for turbans, pipes and tobacco, fruits and fish, with betel and siri, ..."
2. Tales of the Malayan Coast: From Penang to the Philippines by Rounsevelle Wildman (1899)
"Fires burned about among the graceful palms at night, and lit up the silken
sarongs and polished kris handles of the men, and gold-run kabayas of the women. ..."
3. Travels in the East Indian Archipelago by Albert Smith Bickmore (1869)
"... raised in our country, but it serves a good purpose here, where they make it
into a coarse thread, which they weave by hand into a cloth for kabayas and ..."
4. Java, Facts and Fancies by Augusta de Wit (1906)
"I half believed the rice-table, the sarongs and kabayas, and the Javanese "boys"
must have been a dream, until I was convinced of the contrary by the sight ..."
5. The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago: Papuans by George Windsor Earl (1853)
"This want of clothing makes them also anxious to obtain sarongs, handkerchiefs,
kabayas and any other articles that serve to cover the body. ..."
6. Tropical Holland by Henry Albert Willem van Coenen Torchiana (1921)
"Bare-footed and bareheaded, with multicolored sarongs,2 and kabayas,3 generally
provided with gold coins for buttons or ornaments, they make a picture never ..."
7. Voyages of the Dutch Brig of War Dourga: Through the Southern and Little by Dirk Hendrik Kolff, George Windsor Earl (1840)
"These chiefs were much ashamed of their deshabille, and made repeated excuses;
but being informed of the cause, I rejoiced them by having kabayas and ..."
8. Aloha Around the World by Karl Max Vogel (1922)
"Black, shallow, covered baskets containing live fish appeared along the road,
the carts were painted white with black ornamentation, the sarongs and kabayas ..."
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