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Definition of Nimbi
1. nimbus [n] - See also: nimbus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nimbi
Literary usage of Nimbi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Niger Country by Harold Bindloss (1898)
"DURING the latter portion of 1894 there was trouble between the nimbi tribe, ...
The nimbi men were devil-worshippers and cannibals; but for all that they ..."
2. The Elementary Spelling Book: Being an Improvement on The American Spelling Book by Noah Webster (1908)
"It is amusing to see the nimbi squirrel spring from branch to branch, or run up
and down the stem of a tree, and dart behind it to escape from sight Little ..."
3. The Child in Art, by Margaret Boyd Carpenter (1907)
"In the Louvre picture the nimbi are absent, and the pretty theory has been set
forth that into the valley of the shadow of Death the Virgin has brought the ..."
4. The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1840)
"... when driving with nearing approaches over the waters—or the heavy gathering
of the dark nimbi-clouds around the whole horizon, telling the wary sailor ..."
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