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Definition of Haiks
1. haik [n] - See also: haik
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haiks
Literary usage of Haiks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gunner Jingo's Jubilee by Thomas Bland Strange (1893)
"GIB ONCE MORE—MOORISH haiks AND HIGHLAND KILTS—THE CARNIVAL— " RULE BRITANNIA "—"
PLUS ROYALISTE QUE LE Roi "—THE CRIMEA. About the hour of evening gun-fire ..."
2. Daybreak in Turkey by James Levi Barton (1908)
"It is a fact to be noted here that they always refer to themselves not as Armenians
but as haiks, and to their country as ..."
3. The Letters of Richard Ford, 1797-1858 by Richard Ford (1905)
"... it being well known that Africa begins at the Pyrenees ; but still the change
of turbans for hats, haiks for capas, camels for mules, wild Arabs in ..."
4. The Country of the Moors: A Journey from Tripoli in Barbary to the City of by Edward Rae (1877)
"Men hurry about here with haiks, shawls, and carpets for sale, and soft transparent
stuffs made in Djerba and the Djerid. Here is the centre of the Tunis ..."
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