Lexicographical Neighbors of Quashie
Literary usage of Quashie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethiopia in Exile: Jamaica Revisited by Bessie Pullen-Burry (1905)
"... of quashie, and the following verses so well describe the simplicity of his
nature that I have inserted them :— quashie. ..."
2. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1843)
"There I saw, in an open space near one of the stores, standing, or rather leaning
against the wall, quashie, eating cakes; and there also stood the mule, ..."
3. Jamaica: Its Past and Present State by Phillippo, James Mursell (1843)
"There I saw, in an open space near one of the stores, standing, or rather leaning
against the wall, quashie, eating cakes; and there also stood the mule, ..."
4. Obeah: Witchcraft in the West Indies by Hesketh Bell (1893)
"As might be expected, quashie with his love for and unshaken belief in the uncanny,
has profound faith in tho existence of "Jumbies," and one might as well ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"Well quashie," I said, " you have got here I see ; but which of you won ?" "
quashie win, Massa—quashie neber lose." " But will he pay ?" I enquired. ..."
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