Definition of Shadoofs

1. Noun. (plural of shadoof) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shadoofs

1. shadoof [n] - See also: shadoof

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadoofs

shadflower
shadfly
shadier
shadiest
shadily
shadiness
shadinesses
shading
shadings
shadkhan
shadkhanim
shadkhans
shadlunite
shado beni
shadoof
shadoofs (current term)
shadow
shadow-box
shadow-boxing
shadow-cast replica
shadow-casting
shadow bank
shadow banking
shadow banking system
shadow box
shadow boxed
shadow boxes
shadow boxing
shadow cabinet
shadow cells

Literary usage of Shadoofs

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

1. Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions: With the Narrative of a Visit by Edward James Reed (1880)
"Interest felt in tho city—View of the people—Men of average stature, women small—Picturesque children—Visit to Sakai—Road to Nara— shadoofs—Burial-places of ..."

2. Another budget: or, Things which I saw in the East by Jane Anthony Eames (1855)
"shadoofs.— Anecdote.—New Year's on the Nile—Crossing the tropic. ON THE NILE, Dec. ... shadoofs ..."

3. Sailing on the Nile by Laurent Laporte (1872)
"... AND shadoofs. A CAPRICIOUS turn of the Nile had swept us away from the Arabian chain, but after passing ..."

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