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Definition of Pillaus
1. pillau [n] - See also: pillau
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Literary usage of Pillaus
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1. A Dictionary Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various by John Ramsay McCulloch, Frederick Martin (1866)
"... several times a week ; bread daily; sometimes rice pillaus, and always bulgur
pillaus (a preparation of wheat, husked and bruised, or half ground) ..."
2. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"... pillaus, throughout all the vicissitudes of the seasons, except on certain
peculiar fast-days of supreme meagre. The simplicity of this part of our ..."
3. Madagascar: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Island and Its by Samuel Pasfield Oliver (1886)
"... Mullens, Sibree, pillaus (1874), Baron, Bennett (1882). ... A. Grandidier (1869),
Mullens, pillaus (1874), Kingdon, Johnson, Richardson (1879), ..."
4. Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia: From the Earliest Ages to the by James Baillie Fraser (1834)
"Accordingly, no sooner is the " Bismillah" pronounced, than, bending forward,
every hand is in a moment up to the knuckles in the rich pillaus,—pinching or ..."
5. Italy, Spain, and Portugal: With an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça by William Beckford (1845)
"... pillaus throughout all the vicissitudes of the seasons, except on certain
peculiar fast-days of supreme meagre. The simplicity of this part of our ..."
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