Jacmel

[ French zhak-mel ]

noun

1. a seaport in S Haiti.

Example Sentences

He grew up a fine boy in charge of his mother's family, but died young at Jacmel, in Hayti, 1817.

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Jacmel was alive with troops; there had been a review that very afternoon and the populace had hailed the commandant as President.

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If any were left at home Jacmel must have been as populous as an African ants' nest.

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Odours, not Arabian, from open drains reminded me of Jacmel.

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Englishmen move about in Jacmel as if they were ashamed of themselves among their dusky lords and masters.

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