Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandook
Literary usage of Bandook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, D.D. by Francis Wayland (1853)
"I should have mentioned before this the defeat of bandook, his escape to Dan—a-byoo,
the complete destruction of his army and loss of ammunition, ..."
2. Travels in Southern Abyssinia: Through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of by Charles Johnston (1844)
"... bandook " (a capital gun), whilst Zaido and Allee were beckoning a crowd of
Bedouins and ..."
3. The Asiatic Annual Register: Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of edited by Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel (1801)
"The bandook takes a longer time to load than the firelock, as it is cham- bered ;
but then it carries a ball much farther and infinitely truer ; and long ..."
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