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- noun See
mancala .
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Examples
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Moreover I made him a mankalah cloth; and we played and ate sweetmeats and we played again and took our pleasure till nightfall, when I rose and lighted the lamps, and set before him somewhat to eat, and sat telling him stories till the hours of darkness were far spent.
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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It might have been a medley, but, as things happened, it was an overture; and by the eyes, the red-litten windows of the mind of Mahommed Ibrahim, who squatted beside the Yorkshire engineer at the wheel, playing mankalah, he knew it was an overture.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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At last he sat down on the ledge of the rude fountain, with his face towards the Gippies and the Arabs squatted on the ground, some playing mankalah, others sucking dry lime leaves, many smoking apathetically.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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It might have been a medley, but, as things happened, it was an overture; and by the eyes, the red-litten windows of the mind of Mahommed Ibrahim, who squatted beside the Yorkshire engineer at the wheel, playing mankalah, he knew it was an overture.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897
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At last he sat down on the ledge of the rude fountain, with his face towards the Gippies and the Arabs squatted on the ground, some playing mankalah, others sucking dry lime leaves, many smoking apathetically.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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At last he sat down on the ledge of the rude fountain, with his face towards the Gippies and the Arabs squatted on the ground, some playing mankalah, others sucking dry lime leaves, many smoking apathetically.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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It might have been a medley, but, as things happened, it was an overture; and by the eyes, the red-litten windows of the mind of Mahommed Ibrahim, who squatted beside the Yorkshire engineer at the wheel, playing mankalah, he knew it was an overture.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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