Lexicographical Neighbors of Klongs
Literary usage of Klongs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Great Rivers of the World: As Seen and Described by Famous Writers edited by Esther Singleton (1908)
"Up some of these klongs there are pretty views, especially at sunset. ... But many
of these klongs or canals, in the most frequented part of the city, ..."
2. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1895)
"Up some of these klongs there are very pretty views, especially at sunset. ...
But many of these klongs, or canals, in the most frequented part of the city, ..."
3. Through the Buffer State: A Record of Recent Travels Through Borneo, Siam by John MacGregor (1896)
"When the tide is out, the exhalations from these klongs do not at all consist of
otto of roses ; and when the land breeze from over these klongs suddenly ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"With these klongs properly dredged and policed, Siam could boast as fine lines
of communication round her capital as Holland itself ; such railways as ..."
5. Siam: An Account of the Country and the People by Peter Anthony Thompson (1910)
"In those houses which border the klongs the refuse is disposed of by pitching it
into the water, but if no klong is handy it is equally simple to throw it ..."
6. Siam in the Twentieth Century: Being the Experiences and Impressions of a by J. G. D. Campbell (1902)
"It is not, however, until he has been some time in Bangkok, and has spent one or
two days in being rowed about the less known klongs or canals, ..."
7. Lotus Land: Being an Account of the Country and the People of Southern Siam by Peter Anthony Thompson (1906)
"In many districts the fishing rights over the klongs are worth more than the right
... For miles the klongs are bordered by a weed with a large flat leaf, ..."
8. The Laws of Insurance: Fire, Life, Accident, and Guarantee, Embodying Cases ...by James Biggs Porter, William Feilden Craies by James Biggs Porter, William Feilden Craies (1908)
"... after deducting the amount of the premiums 'le lias paid, he will have to
account for the balance to the person to whom the beneficial interest klongs ..."
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