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Definition of Burnouses
1. burnous [n] - See also: burnous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnouses
Literary usage of Burnouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land of Veiled Women: Some Wanderings in Algeria, Tunisia & Morocco by John Foster Fraser (1911)
"Cunning fellows, these Moors I In the early morning they would spread bundles of
their burnouses on the ground. Up would go the Spanish spying balloon, ..."
2. Major-General Sir Henry Hallam Parr ... Recollections and Correspondence by Henry Hallam Parr, Sir Charles Fortescue Brickdale (1917)
"The Moors in their best burnouses collect at one end of the open space in front
... The start is a charming sight, the burnouses flying, the horses dancing ..."
3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"Sometimes the morning sun shone on a group of dazzling white burnouses ...
The riders, enveloped in their white burnouses, out of which their black eyes ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"Their long grey woollen burnouses are furnished with a hood, like a monk's cowl,
which is pulled over the head during the greatest heat of the day. ..."
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