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
Edmund Dulac did the smoking room, "Cathay Lounge." with a silver ceiling, panels of black & silver glass, accents of Chinese red lacquer and Macassar ebony.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was noon, and the tropic sun beat down on placid Macassar, in the Celebes, deep in the heart of The Netherlands Indies.
From Time Magazine Archive
From here the shattered remnants of the U.S. 19th Bombardment Group tried to stop the massive Japanese advance down Macassar Straits to Java.
From Time Magazine Archive
The natives of Macassar also call this venomous production ipo.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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