Jokai
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A broker receiving an order in rubbers may have to rush out and buy some Bah Lias, Gula Kalump, or Linggi, while in teas he must know Budla Beta, Chargola, Jokai, Pabbojan.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a strangled sob, Jokai of Vienna pitched forward upon the board unconscious.
From Diane of the Green Van by Dalrymple, Leona
It was at that juncture that a few straggling literati, gradually assembling at Pesth, commenced to issue a literary periodical, to which Jokai largely contributed.
From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Jókai, Mór
Michael Vorosmarty, the poet laureate of the nation, lived in Pest, and there the twin stars of literature, Alexander Petofi and Maurice Jokai, shone on the national horizon.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
With wild imploring eyes Jokai glanced at his hands and feet.
From Diane of the Green Van by Dalrymple, Leona
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