woorali
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of woorali
C18: from the native S American name
Example Sentences
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I’ve got you and I’ve got the woorali.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew
Kallolo, who had started as he intended at daybreak, returned in the evening with the materials for his blowpipe, and the ingredients for manufacturing the woorali poison.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
The first was composed of several bunches of the woorali vine; another was a root with a sharp, bitter taste.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
It was woorali, and the reason why there was no trace of a weapon was because the blessed thing melted.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew
Be sure I looked, Doctor, the instant I suspected that woorali had been used.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew
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