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
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 asserted that the central government was violating East Indonesian autonomy, warned government troops not to attempt a landing in Macassar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Off the port in the Strait of Macassar a great Japanese convoy stood, ready to move south toward Java.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pirates that infested the Celebes sea and the straits of Macassar found ports of refuge in its jungle-banked rivers and marsh mazes where no gun-boat could find them.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
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