Lexicographical Neighbors of Baracans
Literary usage of Baracans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"Women, whose persons have hitherto been veiled, are wandering about complete
inniges of despair, with their hair loose and their baracans open, ..."
2. The Annals of Jamaica by George Wilson Bridges (1828)
"... and chests; and that the mantles of the men, and the baracans of the females,
were alike the produce of the precious ore. It is probable, however, ..."
3. The American Monthly Magazine (1833)
"cd on the uncouth dromedary, or on steeds of matchless symmetry, ant! unstained
pedigree, mingling their dark baracans with the brilliant arms and gorgeous ..."
4. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"... gold dust from Twat; halfa from the coast hills ; dates and a few cattle and
horses from the littoral; and baracans, goat-cloth and other textiles. ..."
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