Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cuscus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) See
vetiver .
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Examples
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We wil eet sum kuskus wif cheez, plus sum vejteblz An froot.
Stealth mode activated - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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One exterior window on the windward side of the bungalow was filled with a thick mat of dried and odorous _kuskus_ grass, against which every quarter of an hour the _bheestie_ threw water to wet it thoroughly so that the hot breeze that swept over the burning sand outside might enter cooled by the evaporation of the water.
The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly
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[Footnote 1: A religious ceremony on behalf of a woman at a certain period of pregnancy.] [Footnote 2: The Hindoos attach much importance to certain marks on the body, such as the lines on the hands, &c.] [Footnote 3: Kusa-grass, or kuskus, is used for strewing the floor of
Hindoo Tales Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes P. W. [Translator] Jacob
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"Thus," replied Speckle-neck: "I was pecking about one day in the Deccan forest, and saw an old tiger sitting newly bathed on the bank of a pool, like a Brahman, and with holy kuskus-grass [3] in his paws.
Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Kalidasa 1866
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