Lexicographical Neighbors of Gurrahs
| gurmy gurn gurnard gurnards gurned gurner gurners gurnet gurnets gurney | gurneys gurniad gurning gurns gurrah gurrahs (current term) gurrier gurriers gurries gurrnki | gurrnkis gurry gurs gursh gurshes gurt gurts guru |
Literary usage of Gurrahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court (1864)
"... and blue gurrahs ; that, at the time of sale of the goods to the defendants,
Willing Sf Francis offered, at their own expense, to open the bales, ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1860)
"These were of the kind called Baftas, gurrahs ... and gurrahs were coarse cottons
of about a yard in width. The cotton gin was invented in 1792. ..."
3. Facts for the Laboring Man by Thomas Robinson Hazard (1840)
"Patna gurrahs, \\ yard wide, were sold at 14, 17, and cents. These were a much
coarser and poorer article than would now he used at our poor-houses, ..."
4. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence for Bengal and the North-western Provinces by Norman Chevers (1856)
"... by attaching to them bags of earth or bricks (stones not being common in
Bengal,J or by tying large gurrahs (earthen vessels) round the neck or waist. ..."
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