Embarras
Americannoun
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At four P.M. we left the main branch of the Athabasca, entering a small river called the Embarras.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
The rest of the party set off afterwards and kept along the river until ten when we branched off by portages into the Embarras River, the usual channel of communication in canoes with the lake.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
Wabash east, Fox river west, and Embarras and Raccoon through it.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
At four P.M. we left the main branch of the Athabasca, entering a small river, called the Embarras.
From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by Franklin, John
"Embarras de richesses," says Miss Chesney, with a gay laugh and a slight elevation of her brows.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
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