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Definition of Periaguas
1. periagua [n] - See also: periagua
Lexicographical Neighbors of Periaguas
Literary usage of Periaguas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With 22 Plates & a Life of the by Daniel Defoe, Henry Stebbing, Alfred Sweeting, Henry Corbould, Charles Rolls, Scott, Webster and Geary (1838)
"There were trees enough in the island to have built a little fleet, not of
periaguas and canoes only, but even of good large vessels; but the main thing I ..."
2. Collections of the Georgia Historical Society by Georgia Historical Society (1840)
"We wanted a great many periaguas for to carry the families to the southward ...
These periaguas are long flat-bottomed boats, carrying from twenty to ..."
3. The Politician's Dictionary, Or, A Summary of Political Knowledge (1775)
"The periaguas were full of females, who, for agreeable features, are not inferior
to moft European ... The glances which they gave us from their, periaguas, ..."
4. The Modern Traveller: Being a Collection of Useful and Entertaining Travels (1776)
"The periaguas were full of .females; who, for agreeable features,are net inferior
to moft European ... The glances which they gave us from their periaguas, ..."
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