Definition of Siestas

1. Noun. (plural of siesta) ¹

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Definition of Siestas

1. siesta [n] - See also: siesta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siestas

siennas
siens
sient
sients
sierozem
sierozems
sierra
sierra leone
sierran
sierras
sies
siesmicity
siesta
siestaed
siestaing
siestas (current term)
sieth
sieths
sieur
sieurs
sieva
sieva bean
sieve
sieve-tube element
sieve bone
sieve graft
sieve of Eratosthenes
sieve out
sieve plate
sieve tube

Literary usage of Siestas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"... and Edward C. Ely, a lad from St. Matthew's School, later a graduate of Yale. siestas In these pages I cannot attempt to do even partial ..."

2. Savage Africa: Being the Narrative of a Tour in Equatorial, Southwestern by William Winwood Reade (1864)
"MALARIA. Rains, Dew, and Winds malarious.—Human Infection.—Nature of Malaria.—Natural History of Fever.—siestas and Stimulants. ..."

3. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"0 fayre Pandora, blessed siestas I Iphi. O foule Pandora, cursed siestas I ... I kist her not, nor did she terme me loue; Pandora is the loue of siestas. ..."

4. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly, Richard Warwick Bond (1902)
"He makes the e in siestas doubtful. P. 26O. ACT III. SCENE n: this is the only Act in which more than one scene is marked, but even here the scene is really ..."

5. The New Pacific by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1900)
"... insurgents none too expeditious in giving notice of his presence, for the moment he felt at his ease, and the siestas of the sailors were undisturbed. ..."

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