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Definition of Regattas
1. regatta [n] - See also: regatta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regattas
Literary usage of Regattas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laws of the United States Relating to Navigation and the Merchant Marine by United States (1899)
"Special rules for regattas. In order to provide for the safety of passengers on
excur- ... whether as observers or participants, taking part in regattas, ..."
2. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1876)
"INTERCOLLEGIATE regattas, HURDLE- RACES AND PRIZE-CONTESTS. IT has been often
said and truly, that our country is greatly different, in almost every respect ..."
3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1876)
"INTERCOLLEGIATE regattas, HURDLE- RACES AND PRIZE-CONTESTS. IT has been often
said and truly, that our country is greatly difl'erent, in almost every ..."
4. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"Oratory, Music, Poetry, Bells, Illuminations, Cannon, regattas, Banners, Hallelujahs
and Huzzas.—The Beauty, Utility, and Magnificence of the Orient and ..."
5. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1852)
"... ENGLISH regattas AND YACHTING MISERIES. AUGUST, 1852.—Our nautical season has
commenced, and a yachting fever has broken out in all the seaports whose ..."
6. The Complete Oarsman by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann (1908)
"CHAPTER XXV THE ARA AND THE MANAGEMENT OF regattas Duties of a Regatta Committee.
IN order to ensure uniformity in such essential matters as the amateur ..."
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