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Definition of Hibachis
1. hibachi [n] - See also: hibachi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibachis
Literary usage of Hibachis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Journey Around the World: An Illustrated Record of a Year's Travel of by Francis Edward Clark, Harriet Elizabeth Clark (1895)
"... as spotless as table damask, and three or four hibachis are set around in
different parts of the room to take the chill from the frosty atmosphere, ..."
2. Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895: With a Special Chapter by Joseph Llewelyn Thomas (1897)
"There are hibachis of all shapes and materials, but the usual one is of wood,
... The most elaborate hibachis have a number of little drawers and ..."
3. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"Possibly, many blast-induced ignitions took place (overturned hibachis or charcoal
braziers). Nagasaki Target layout led to smaller, separate fires. ..."
4. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1881)
"... kept our candles for Yamada; shivered, hugged hibachis and kettles; got heaps
of futons and slept under them, regardless of their weight; ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1903)
"Quaint figures squat in the open interior and on the edge of the platform with
hibachis—the Japanese fires—beside them and cups of pale tea. ..."
6. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"The population huddles round hibachis and shivers, for the mercury, which rises
to 92° in summer, falls to 15° in winter. And all this is in latitude 37° ..."
7. With Kuroki in Manchuria by Frederick Palmer (1904)
"Instead of going abroad to gather in public places and shout, the Japanese go to
the houses of their friends and sit over their hibachis (charcoal burners) ..."
8. Japan Day by Day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83 by Edward Sylvester Morse (1917)
"... their hibachis they can heat the water for tea and bring out their lunches (or
waiters from near-by restaurants bring in trays with a dinner or lunch), ..."
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