Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrobas
Literary usage of Arrobas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in the West: Cuba; with Notices of Porto Rico, and the Slave Trade by Turnbull, David (1840)
"Of salted meats : 2475 barrels of pork; J54-0 barrels of beef; 2289 arrobas of
smoked beef; 4516 arrobas of sausages ; 27771 arrobas of ham ; 800500 arrobas ..."
2. The Literary Magazine, and American Register by Charles Brockden Brown (1804)
"These were freighted with 22159 arrobas of sugar ; 239 casks of brandy ; 212
large vessels full of honey; 258 arrobas of cacao; 1864 arrobas of white wax ..."
3. Reports of Committees by United States Congress. Senate (1858)
"The export duty is 10 per cent, on almost every article, except starch, which
pays 6 per cent. Of the exports of 1854, 82883 arrobas of yerba, ..."
4. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting Report Upon the by United States Dept. of the Treasury, John Ross Browne (1867)
"Besides 32 arrobas of panocha (domestic sugars,) 20 for the two missions of San
Diego and Monterey, one half to each, and the remaining 12 arrobas for the ..."
5. Tariff, Or Rates of Duties Payable on Goods, Wares and Merchandise Imported by Elias Dayton Ogden, United States, United States Dept. of the Treasury (1864)
"56.64 " " The botta.30 wine arrobas, or 381 oil ar'bs. ... The pipe oí wine
118-fr ; " ({ botta of oil 43 Castilian arrobas. (í carga of raisins. ..."
6. Calendar of the Peruvian and Other South American Manuscripts in the Philip edited by David M. Szewcyk (2007)
"The king issues a royal merced to the Jesuit school in Lima extending until the
end of 1618 these two privileges: one and one half arrobas of wine per ..."
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