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Definition of Pilaus
1. pilau [n] - See also: pilau
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilaus
Literary usage of Pilaus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"Now, in the way of kindness, let them (the Afghans) return to Khorasan, and join
their comrades at table in discussing the pilaus and fruits, whereby cure ..."
2. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1899)
"... to an executory bequest over in the HOME event of their leaving children living
at their death; and an pilaus. appeal was brought from that decision. ..."
3. Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh by James Abbott (1884)
"Upon the table-cloth metallic trays were set, containing pilaus, hot and very
greasy. Tucking up my right sleeve, 1 set to work, spilling half the rice into ..."
4. A Woman's Journey Round the World, from Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti by Ida Pfeiffer (1852)
"Most of them tore off small morsels of meat or fish, dipped them in one of the
pilaus, kneaded them into a ball, and pat them into their months. ..."
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