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Definition of Piraguas
1. piragua [n] - See also: piragua
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piraguas
Literary usage of Piraguas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"The Mexicans finding their canoes, however numerous, unable to sustain the attacks
of the brigantines, built piraguas of a much larger size, with very thick ..."
2. The World Displayed; Or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels ...by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson (1760)
"... the piraguas came out and attacked them on all fides with fuch fury, ...
the piraguas as if fey accident, flood off immediately' and pretended to fly ..."
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