Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambone
Literary usage of Jambone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Yao Grammar by Meredith Sanderson (1922)
"Not infrequently the copula is altogether omitted:— eg nyumba'jo jambone, that
is a nice house, but nyumba jili jambone, a house is nice. ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1884)
"... which I followed from thence down to jambone hill. As to the extent of Kilwa,
at several places I found the land between it and ..."
3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1850)
"99. The number of patients in the Hotel Dieu has often been from 5000 to 6000,
and they were obliged to lie four in a bed I 102. “Foire aux jambone” held on ..."
4. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1898)
"... jambone, was the worst thing about him, for he is a rather light and washy
chestnut. He galloped well, however, and is a credit to Suffolk, ..."
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