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Definition of Chinas
1. china [n] - See also: china
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinas
Literary usage of Chinas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1909)
"POLAND chinas —Continued. Owner's Name and Postoffice. Boar Under 0 Months Old.
: Name oí An'm.il. Mavis Bros., Edgerton, О Lawrence Perfection | Second. ..."
2. Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615 by Richard Cocks, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1883)
"Their success in this form of deception is illustrated by an entry in the diary : "
These chinas in the junk [just captured] will not be persuaded but that ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... they live after the manner of the chinas, and is subject to the chinas, ...
for as Herodotus be understood, because the chinas did possesse many parts ..."
4. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"China is a great part of Scythia ; for as Herodotus saith, Scythia extendeth it
selfe unto India, which may be understood, because the chinas did possesse ..."
5. The Poultry Book: A Treatise on Breeding and General Management of Domestic by John C. Bennett (1850)
"COCHIN chinas AND ... are very heavily feathered on the legs and toes, which mark
does not uniformly characterize the Cochin chinas. ..."
6. The Poultry Book: A Treatise on Breeding and General Management of Domestic by John C. Bennett (1856)
"... are very heavily feathered on the legs and toes, which mark does not uniformly
characterize the Cochin chinas. These are generally quite lightly ..."
7. Events in the Taeping Rebellion by Alfred Egmont Hake (1891)
"chinas RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN POWERS DURING THE TAEPING REBELLION IN adverting
to the Taeping ... chinas ..."
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