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Definition of Shikars
1. shikar [v] - See also: shikar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shikars
Literary usage of Shikars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Across Coveted Lands: Or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1903)
"The Beluch shikars who were with him refused to go on and sat down for half an
hour waiting for the evil ..."
2. The Mammals of India: A Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1874)
"Mr. W. Elliot says, " they are taught always to single out the buck, which is
generally the last in the herd ; the meer-shikars are unwilling to slip till ..."
3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1862)
"... when 1 sent my Meer Shikar there for that purpose. It is stated to be a
migratory bird, only found occasionally. It is known to the Telugu Meer shikars, ..."
4. Afoot Through the Kashmir Valleys by Marion Doughty (1901)
"... for several days I eschewed long expeditions and gave my gracious permission
to all the various sellers who passed in their swift little shikars to ..."
5. The Secrets of a Kuttite: An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity by Edward Opotiki Mousley (1921)
"... who catalogues the books and shikars every one a moment overdue, caused us
infinite delight months ago by placing in the library most of Kipling's works ..."
6. The Ain i Akbari by Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, Henry Blochmann, Henry Sullivan Jarrett (1873)
"His Majesty rewards the Mir shikars (superintendents of the chase) according to
their ranks, with suitable presents. There are also fixed donations for each ..."
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