Lexicographical Neighbors of Binghis
Literary usage of Binghis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh Knyvett (1918)
"the "binghis " (natives of New Guinea), when they saw him, blamed him for a recent
tidal wave, saying that he had fallen overboard. ..."
2. Forty Years on the Pacific: The Lure of the Great Ocean, a Book of Reference by Frank Coffee (1920)
"... the water at a lesser depth than this is reserved for the Aru Island
binghis (native divers), in the Dutch East Indies, inasmuch as they work naked, ..."
3. Toil, Travel, and Discovery in British New Guinea by Theodore Francis Bevan (1890)
"The ' binghis' who had the advantage of position, followed suit, but, finding
that they were being quickly overhauled, took to the bush. ..."
4. The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in by Sherwood (Mary Martha), Mrs Sherwood (1835)
"... binghis sleeve across his eyes, asked her, somewhat roughly, what she was
doing there. It was not usual for Christopher thus to address his Emily; ..."
5. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"... China, 431 West Australia : (see also Beagle Bay; binghis ; Cygnet Bay ; King's
Sound ; Lagrange Bay ; North Kimberley ; and Roebuck Bay); folktales, ..."
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