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Jokai

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[yaw-koi] / ˈjɔ kɔɪ /

noun

  1. Maurus or Mór 1825–1904, Hungarian novelist.


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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

Jokai, who is now the favourite of the public, belongs, as has been already observed, to the younger staff of writers.

From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Mór Jókai

With wild imploring eyes Jokai glanced at his hands and feet.

From Diane of the Green Van by Leona Dalrymple

Fluttering hurriedly to the doorway, Aunt Agatha stared in horror at the littered room and Hunch, the latter no reassuring sight at his best, and thence with fascinated gaze at Jokai of Vienna.

From Diane of the Green Van by Leona Dalrymple

Besides his romances, Jokai has written a score or so of volumes of short stories, which, in the opinion of many good Magyar critics, contain some of his most notable work.

From Tales From J?kai by M?r J?kai

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