Definition of Siameses

1. Noun. (plural of Siamese) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Siameses

1. siamese [n] - See also: siamese

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siameses

sialosyl
sialosyls
sialoyl
sialoyls
sials
sialyl
sialylated
sialylation
sialylations
sialylparagloboside N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
sialyltransferase
sialyltransferases
siamang
siamangs
siamesed
siameses (current term)
siamesing
siameze
siamezed
siamezes
siamezing
siamyl
sib
sibb
sibbens
sibberidge
sibbs
siberian
sibilance
sibilances

Literary usage of Siameses

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

1. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1890)
"... "I never lie down o' nights without thanking Providence it wasn't noses instead of toeses." MRS. M. Dew tell! But did you ever see the siameses ..."

2. The Kingdom and People of Siam: With a Narrative of the Mission to that by John Bowring (1857)
"Little change has taken place for many centuries in the mode of dressing the head among the Siamese: " Os siameses trazem as cabecas rapadas e sobre as ..."

3. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... to move off in the awkward manner of a turtle, which JC Neal uses in the phrase: "Now, you two hook to one another like two siameses and mosey. ..."

4. Peruvian Antiquities by Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz, Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1855)
"... made use of in the lake of Titicaca, and the mode of taking them in, is identical with that which is seen upon the sepulchre of siameses III. in Thebes. ..."

5. A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679 by Thomas Bowrey (1905)
"103, thus describes the Siamese: "The siameses are comely and well proportioned, but ill Souldiers, though cruel and insolent enough after victory. ..."

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