prahu
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Seeing that we were completely enclosed, a musket-ball was fired over the largest prahu.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
After giving time, therefore, to the coolies to cook and eat their well-earned repast, everything was put into the prahu, which lay half in and half out of the water.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
The prahu cannot turn; the river is too narrow here, and they are backing water.”
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
At last the sultan of Sooloo agreed to send a prahu with us to pilot us up the river, to the town where the crew of the Premier were in durance.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
“That prahu must have been along here, master,” said the elder of the two Malays, thoughtfully.
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
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