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Definition of Karosses
1. kaross [n] - See also: kaross
Lexicographical Neighbors of Karosses
Literary usage of Karosses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. To the Cape for Diamonds.: A Story of Digging Experiences in South Africa by Frederick Boyle (1873)
"... population, and trade—Feathers and karosses, their value—The boer trade—Mr.
David Amot: his history, his house, his hopes, and his hospitality — A visit ..."
2. The Aborigines of New South Wales by John Fraser (1892)
"The boys, having been smeared with fat and red clay, are presented with new '
karosses.' They then proceed in a body to the kraal which has the charge of ..."
3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"karosses. Specimens of wild cats' and jackals' paws. 19 DEANE & JOHNSON, Cape Toten.
... [karosses are cloaks, such as are worn by the Kafirs ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1851)
"... had obtained from their chief several valuable karosses (prepared skins) in
barter for a little sulphur, which they represented as a most effectual ..."
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