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Definition of Lubras
1. lubra [n] - See also: lubra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lubras
Literary usage of Lubras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South by Harriet W. Daly (1887)
"The other family of distinction were the Mirandas. We soon knew the tribe very
well indeed, made friends with the lubras, and remembered each ..."
2. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1904)
"The mother returned before very long, but could find no trace of the child, and,
seeing the tracks of the other lubras, went after them and asked if they ..."
3. Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, William Austin Horn (1896)
"round the boy's neck and arms, and sometimes over and under the shoulder; the
fire-sticks are then handed to him, the lubras saying : "Take care of the fire ..."
4. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"The modes of stealing lubras differ in various localities. ... But in cases where
one tribe has attacked another and carried off a lot of the lubras, ..."
5. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"The modes of stealing lubras differ in various localities. ... Such of the lubras
as may be required are then pounced upon, and, if they attempt to make any ..."
6. Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians by James Bonwick (1898)
"Two lubras were consoling one another in their sorrows. They had common troubles :
each had a faithless spouse; each had a rival at the family evening fire. ..."
7. Sources of Ancient and Primitive Law by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"Here he is made to lie down and is covered up while the lubras dance in front of
... Then the boy is formally shown to the lubras, the old man with the boy ..."
8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1897)
"The lubras hearing the singing assemble near the main camp and begin to ...
as they approach the lubras, and at a distance of about fifty yards they halt, ..."
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