Definition of Matjes

1. =MAAJES a young herring, treated, and served as an hors d'oeuvre [n MATJES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matjes

matinal
matinee
matinee idol
matinees
matiness
matinesses
mating
mating isolate
mating season
mating seasons
mating type gene
matings
matins
matinée idol
matinée idols
matjes (current term)
matjes herring
matl
matless
matlike
matlo
matlockite
matlos
matlow
matlows
matman
matnakash
matoke
matokes
matooke

Literary usage of Matjes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in Southern Africa in the Years, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 by Hinrich Lichtenstein, Anne Plumptre (1812)
"On the evening of the same day we arrived at the matjes-fontein,* where lived a certain John Strauss; but his house was so small that there was not even a ..."

2. Annual Report of the Geological Commission by George Steuart Corstorphine, Arthur William Rogers (1908)
"Occasionally, as on the north-western part of matjes River, ... The strip of granitic rocks on the river front of matjes River contains numerous inclusions ..."

3. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1852)
"... of her Late matjes Letter was the chief occasion of my calling the last Council & assembly, and seeing att that time nothing was done to ausr the same, ..."

4. An Introduction to the Geology of Cape Colony by Arthur William Rogers (1905)
"are three white quartzite kopjes formed by lenticular deposits of that rock within the conglomerate. matjes Fontein is a good centre for an examination of ..."

5. The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler (1919)
"Get six matjes herring from the grocer, and soak in cold water for two hours. Then remove the skins, and place the herrings on lettuce leaves on a platter. ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1901)
"... should pass in his matjes name etc: It was Ordered that all ... Courts w*Mn this Dom. in his matjes Name and under the Seal ..."

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