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- noun Plural form of
Wolof .
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Examples
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He said I do in fact speak better than some Wolofs.
In case you're interested... Adam Horowitz 2009
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Born in Joal, a tiny coastal village of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor grew up a member of Serers tribe, a minorty tribe among the Wolofs.
Leopold Sedar Senghor greenintegerblog 2008
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Wolofs, which, in former times, comprehended all the countries situated between the rivers Senegal and Gambia.
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So Tylor mentions the fact, that the language of the West African Wolofs contains the word "dágou," to go, "dágou," to stride proudly; "dágana," to beg dejectedly; "dagána," to demand.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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The dance here referred to is probably the Bamboula dance of the Wolofs, a spring festival which has been described by Pierre Loti in his _Roman d'un
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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The Wolofs of French Senegambia, near St. Louis, are very black, well built, less prognathic than Negroes generally, and their language differs considerably from that of their neighbors.
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The villagers turned out to gaze, not habited like the Wolofs of Albreda, but clad in shady hats and seedy pantaloons.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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