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Definition of Sampans
1. sampan [n] - See also: sampan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sampans
Literary usage of Sampans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wanderings in China by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1900)
"JUNKS AND sampans. CHAPTER XX. ... sampans. Trade on the Bund—Rowing junks—Odd
vessels—Religious services—A gay funeral barge—Sampan life—Contrast English ..."
2. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"LETTER I. First View of Japan—A Vision of Fujisan—Japanese sampans—'' Pullman
Cars "•—Undignified Locomotion—Paper Money—The Drawbacks of Japanese ..."
3. Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia: With a Narrative of a Residence in China by Peter Dobell (1830)
"... Roads and Island —Grotto of Camoens—Islands near Macao—Bocco Tigris—Custom-house
Officers—Tiger Island—Wham- poa Roads—Boats called sampans, managed by ..."
4. Perak and the Malays: "sārong" and "krīs." by John Frederick Adolphus McNair (1878)
"Seafaring—Boat-building—The Dragon boat—sampans—Praus— Little Mercy—Piratical craft.
THE generally-received idea of a Malay is that he is a pirate, ..."
5. Wanderings in China by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1888)
"JUNKS AND sampans. Trade on the Bund—Rowing junks—Odd vessels—Religious services—A
gay funeral barge—Sampan life—Contrast English canal-boats—The Roman ..."
6. Wanderings in China by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1900)
"JUNKS AND sampans. Trade on the Bund—Rowing junks—Odd vessels—Religious services—A
gay funeral barge—Sampan life—Contrast English canal-boats—The Roman ..."
7. Wanderings in China by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1900)
"JUNKS AND sampans. CHAPTER XX. ... sampans. Trade on the Bund—Rowing junks—Odd
vessels—Religious services—A gay funeral barge—Sampan life—Contrast English ..."
8. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"LETTER I. First View of Japan—A Vision of Fujisan—Japanese sampans—'' Pullman
Cars "•—Undignified Locomotion—Paper Money—The Drawbacks of Japanese ..."
9. Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia: With a Narrative of a Residence in China by Peter Dobell (1830)
"... Roads and Island —Grotto of Camoens—Islands near Macao—Bocco Tigris—Custom-house
Officers—Tiger Island—Wham- poa Roads—Boats called sampans, managed by ..."
10. Perak and the Malays: "sārong" and "krīs." by John Frederick Adolphus McNair (1878)
"Seafaring—Boat-building—The Dragon boat—sampans—Praus— Little Mercy—Piratical craft.
THE generally-received idea of a Malay is that he is a pirate, ..."
11. Wanderings in China by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1888)
"JUNKS AND sampans. Trade on the Bund—Rowing junks—Odd vessels—Religious services—A
gay funeral barge—Sampan life—Contrast English canal-boats—The Roman ..."
12. Wanderings in China by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1900)
"JUNKS AND sampans. Trade on the Bund—Rowing junks—Odd vessels—Religious services—A
gay funeral barge—Sampan life—Contrast English canal-boats—The Roman ..."
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