prahu
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But in spite of the keen searchings of a score or so of piercing eyes, the prahu slowly passed them lower and lower down the stream, till the voices began to grow faint.
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
The prahu is Rajah Murad’s, and the crew his men.”
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
In the mean time, the barge proceeded towards a large village in search of the prahu.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
The Dyak bangkong draws very little water, and is both lighter and faster than the Malay prahu; it is a hundred feet long, and nine or ten broad.
From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by McDougall, Henriette
At last the sultan of Sooloo agreed to send a prahu with us to pilot us up the river, to the town where the crew of the Premier were in durance.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
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