Crossword clues for ceylonese
ceylonese
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ceylonese \Cey`lon*ese"\, a. Of or pertaining to Ceylon; -- since the change of name, replaced by Sri Lankan. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Ceylon; -- since the change of name, replaced by Sri Lankan.
Usage examples of "ceylonese".
But he could not imagine for one moment why Collingwood, at grips with the French in the Mediterranean, should need Ceylonese pearl divers.
The three Ceylonese divers were there in their accustomed isolation by the knight‑heads.
No ordinary men with salvage experience would do — it had to be someone who knew how to use the Ceylonese divers.
Eisenbeiss was bending over him, his fingers on his pulse, and with the cessation of the bustle of going about the three Ceylonese divers had returned, to squat round the foot of the bed, their eyes on their master.
The gig was uncomfortably crowded but it served, with four hands at the oars, Hornblower and Leadbitter in the stern — Hornblower felt he could not possibly endure not taking part in this first essay — and the Ceylonese crowded into the bows.
McCullum's command of the Ceylonese tongue could not compare with Hornblower's Spanish, nor even with his French.
One of the other two Ceylonese put a cannon‑ball into Looney's hands, and be clasped it to his naked chest.
As usual the three Ceylonese divers were huddled in the bows, but next to them in the bottom of the boat stood an iron pot of melted pitch, and beside it squatted a sailmaker's mate, and Mr.
A sudden sharp order by McCullum halted the three Ceylonese divers as they were about to make their way forward to their own particular lair.
The three Ceylonese divers were there in their accustomed isolation by the knight-heads.
No ordinary men with salvage experience would do - it had to be someone who knew how to use the Ceylonese divers.
The gig was uncomfortably crowded but it served, with four hands at the oars, Hornblower and Leadbitter in the stern - Hornblower felt he could not possibly endure not taking part in this first essay - and the Ceylonese crowded into the bows.
One of the other two Ceylonese put a cannon-ball into Looney's hands, and be clasped it to his naked chest.
The General had regaled Holmes and myself with stories of his quite illustrious career on several occasions after the sleuth had recovered his daughter's famous pendant of Ceylonese rubies.
The doctor, a slow-talking Ceylonese, went on to ask Keith about his background, in a patient but unimaginative attempt to reveal traumas, blocks, repressions, and so forth.