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Definition of Siestas
1. siesta [n] - See also: siesta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siestas
Literary usage of Siestas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"... and Edward C. Ely, a lad from St. Matthew's School, later a graduate of Yale.
siestas In these pages I cannot attempt to do even partial ..."
2. Savage Africa: Being the Narrative of a Tour in Equatorial, Southwestern by William Winwood Reade (1864)
"MALARIA. Rains, Dew, and Winds malarious.—Human Infection.—Nature of Malaria.—Natural
History of Fever.—siestas and Stimulants. ..."
3. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"0 fayre Pandora, blessed siestas I Iphi. O foule Pandora, cursed siestas I ...
I kist her not, nor did she terme me loue; Pandora is the loue of siestas. ..."
4. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly, Richard Warwick Bond (1902)
"He makes the e in siestas doubtful. P. 26O. ACT III. SCENE n: this is the only
Act in which more than one scene is marked, but even here the scene is really ..."
5. The New Pacific by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1900)
"... insurgents none too expeditious in giving notice of his presence, for the
moment he felt at his ease, and the siestas of the sailors were undisturbed. ..."
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