Lexicographical Neighbors of Kembo
Literary usage of Kembo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan in Days of Yore by Walter Dening (1906)
"Were you less skilled," said kembo, " I would willingly assist you to kill Ganryu
... The few happy days of his stay with kembo having rapidly passed, ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1882)
"... by a direct north-western route through kembo. While waiting here for his
companion, ... An interesting account of the three districts (kembo, Yongo, ..."
3. Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden: Burcester, and ...by White Kennett, Thomas Delafield by White Kennett, Thomas Delafield (1818)
"From the old German cam, cammer, crooked ; whence our English kembo, arms in
kembo, a comb ; in the north comb: the present Irish use cama for a bed. ..."
4. The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone (1809)
"... one hand a-kembo, the hand itself not seen, only a bit of the ruffle; the
other, the left, rests on what appears to be his sword; he is looking off. ..."
5. The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ; Late President of the Royal by Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone, Thomas Gray (1809)
"... one hand a-kembo, the hand itself not seen, only a bit of the ruffle; the
other, the left, rests on what appears to be his sword; he is looking off. ..."
6. The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ... Containing His Discourses by Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone, Thomas Gray (1798)
"A portrait of a Gentlemen by Titian, a Kitcat : one hand a-kembo, the hand itself
not seen, only a bit of the ruffle; the other, the left, rests on what ..."
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