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- noun Plural form of
palanquin .
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Examples
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Ladies, borne in palanquins on the shoulders of coolies, came to see the strange devils cast up by the sea, and while their attendants drove back the common folk with whips, they would gaze long and timidly at us.
Chapter 15 2010
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Ladies, borne in palanquins on the shoulders of coolies, came to see the strange devils cast up by the sea and while their attendants drove back the common folk with whips they would gaze long and timidly at us.
Chapter 15 1915
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Besides the European carriages, there are also certain vehicles of home manufacture called palanquins, which are altogether closed and surrounded on all sides with jalousies.
A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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Naturally, too, musical instruments, as well as the national means of conveyance, such as palanquins and wheel-chairs, have not escaped the notice of the
Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Having seen images of palanquins and bearers, but unable to concieve of transport without wheels, the illustrator added the — to him entirely obvious and necessary — elements.
Dutch Futurists 2009
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Having seen images of palanquins and bearers, but unable to concieve of transport without wheels, the illustrator added the — to him entirely obvious and necessary — elements.
Dutch Futurists 2009
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An oasis of villas surrounded by pines, bamboo, and waterfalls, it could be reached only by palanquins and bearers, who negotiated the three-hour trip up narrow mountain trails, planting little sticks below the boulders to propitiate the spirits holding up the mountainside and crossing bridges that swayed back and forth in the wind.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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Having seen images of palanquins and bearers, but unable to concieve of transport without wheels, the illustrator added the — to him entirely obvious and necessary — elements.
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Having seen images of palanquins and bearers, but unable to concieve of transport without wheels, the illustrator added the — to him entirely obvious and necessary — elements.
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The text on this page makes not mention of human powered vehicles, nor of ones being pushed from behind; one may presume that the illustrator heard aboud the use of palanquins and conflated this with the wheeled vehicle described.
Dutch Futurists 2009
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