Quasheba

[ kwah-shee-bah ]

/ kwɑˈʃi bɑ /

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a female day name for Sunday.See under day name.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

I am sometimes called Quasheba myself—only by the old people of the plantation, who knew my mother.
The Maroon|Mayne Reid
“Lilly Quasheba, I call dat young lady,” muttered the myal-man, with a knowing grin.
The Maroon|Mayne Reid
On hearing the name “Lilly Quasheba,” accompanied by such a fearful threat, a wild cry had escaped from his lips.
The Maroon|Mayne Reid
You hash some interest of your own—perhaps, with thish Lilly Quasheba.
The Maroon|Mayne Reid

Thus, then: it was known to him that Loftus Vaughan had never been married to the quadroon Quasheba.
The Maroon|Mayne Reid