Macassar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Around the base, Caruncho has planted a mix of Macassar ebony and osmanthus.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021
Said the General: "I think today we settled the score of that Macassar Strait affair of three and a half years ago."
From Time Magazine Archive
He had directed the aggressive naval action in Macassar Strait.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tommy Hart's action in Macassar Straits, in which four-piper destroyers put to rout a vastly superior force, was a brilliant example of how an inferior force, well used, can do great things in the dark.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has no Eau de Lob or oil from Macassar—but I admit that I have never found at Macassar any berries which yielded the required oil.
From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli
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