Crossword clues for juba
The Collaborative International Dictionary
juba \ju"ba\, n. A dance developed by slaves in the U. S., having a lively tune and accompanied by a complex rhythmic clapping, and by slapping the thighs.
Wild crap-shooters with a whoop and a call
Danced the juba in their gambling-hall.
--Vachel
Lindsay (The
Congo).
juba \ju"ba\, n.; pl. jub[ae] (-b[=e]). [L., a mane.]
(Zo["o]l.) The mane of an animal.
(Bot.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context zoology English) The mane of an animal. 2 (context botany English) A loose panicle whose axis falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.
Wikipedia
Juba is the capital of South Sudan.
Juba may also refer to:
Juba (a.k.a. "Joba") is the pseudonym of an alleged sniper involved in the Iraqi Insurgency featured in several videos. The second of these videos shows Juba claiming to have shot 37 American soldiers. Whether Juba is a real individual, a role shared among multiple individuals, or a propaganda/media creation is unknown.
Juba was a food that was traditionally eaten by slaves in the United States colonies who worked on plantations. It was made up of a mixture of leftovers and was cooked in a large pot.
Usage examples of "juba".
The best good fortune that can fall on Juba, The whole success, at which my heart aspires, Depends on Cato.
If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May Juba ever live in ignorance!
Juba to all the bravery of a hero Adds softest love, and more than female sweetness: Juba might make the proudest of our sex, Any of womankind, but Marcia, happy.
Nevertheless, as soon as that brief cruel little war had ended, Juba had returned to Khami Mission and to Robyn.
The temperature of her body plunged dramatically, and when the sweat had passed, Juba and the twins sponged her naked body.
Sometimes in the noonday, when Robyn was lying pale and silent, resting between the periodic onslaughts of the fever, Mungo could sleep for a few hours on the pallet set at the far end of the veranda, until Juba or one of the twins called him.
Her voice crackled with some of its old force, and Juba had to hold her by the shoulders.
Now Juba carried her own sleeping-mat balanced upon her head, and despite her great and abundant flesh, she moved with an extraordinary lightness and grace, her back straight and her head on high.
Gandang sat under the hate branches of the wild fig tree on his carved stool of chief ship and Juba hurried to kneel before him.
He had known her as long as he had known Juba, and he had watched her unflagging efforts to champion and protect the Matabele people.
Then only Juba lifted her head and looked deeply into his dark fierce eyes.
The girls squealed with delight, and throwing aside all ceremony, they embraced Juba joyously.
For many seconds after waking, Juba believed that the screams of the women and the whimpering of the children were all part of her nightmares, and she pulled the fur kaross over her head.
Then there was a crash as the door to the hut was broken open, a rush of bodies into the dark interior, and Juba came fully awake and threw off the kaross.
The sky was paling with the dawn and the constables had piled fresh logs on the fire, so that Juba recognized the white man immediately, and she shrank back into the safety of the crowd of sobbing, wailing women before he could notice her.