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Definition of Cummerbunds
1. cummerbund [n] - See also: cummerbund
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cummerbunds
Literary usage of Cummerbunds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons by Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"Therefore it was but natural that the governmental cummerbunds, being new, should
come off their wearers several times in the course of our two mile trip, ..."
2. The Monthly Review (1831)
"... with cummerbunds or sashes of silk and gold, wide Turkish trowsers of silk,
tied at the ankle, chiefly dark blue, and the Sin- dian caps I have already ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"I have some useful wrinkles on cummerbunds, hat-guards, and paper cuffs, also a
marvellous recipe for removing the shiny look from cloth, but I regret that ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"... cavalry—their cuirassiers in front, conspicuous by their gleaming breastplates
and towering cummerbunds. This was our situation when I turned to the ..."
5. Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica & St. Lucia Alive! by Lynne M. Sullivan (2000)
"... 't accept credit cards. out in white shirts with red cummerbunds and bow ties.
They're friendly and cheerful, but can be inattentive on a busy night. ..."
6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1863)
"A young officer lately convulsed a dinner-table by proclaiming that he was going
to shoot tigers in the cummerbunds—a triumph which was afterwards dimmed by ..."
7. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1833)
"... neatly prepared and plaited so as to resemble dimity, with cummerbunds or
sashes of silk and gold, wide Turkish trowsers of silk tied at the ankle, ..."
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