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Definition of Thongs
1. thong [n] - See also: thong
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thongs
Literary usage of Thongs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1842)
"In a tomb at Thebes, of the time of Thothmes III., is represented the process of
twisting thongs of leather, which, as it is probably the same as that ..."
2. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"In a tomb at Thebes, of the time of Thothmes III., is represented the process of
twisting thongs of leather, which, as it is probably the same as that ..."
3. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus (1862)
"9 Leathern dresses of women, with fringes of thongs, have always been common in
Africa ... The unmarried girls of Ethiopia now only wear an apron of thongs, ..."
4. The Profitable Culture of Vegetables for Market Gardeners, Small Holders by Thomas Smith (1913)
"In either case, when the thongs are uncovered ... About the third week in March
the thongs are dibbled in at equal distances apart in each direction, ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"The rudimentary shoe is a sandal consisting of a sole, held to the foot by straps
and thongs, as represented in fig. 1. Such were the common Egyptian and ..."
6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"We are also told that plates of brass were suspended on the oak trees of Dodona.
which being struck by thongs when the wind blew, gave various sounds from ..."
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