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Examples
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But a strapping Rarotonga vahine [1] -- she must have weighed two hundred and fifty -- brought up against him and got an arm around his neck.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Away they went -- vahine, Ah Choon, and steersman; and I swear I saw Ah Choon grin at me with philosophic resignation as he cleared the rail and went under.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Away they went -- vahine, Ah Choon, and steersman; and I swear I saw Ah Choon grin at me with philosophic resignation as he cleared the rail and went under.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Away they went, vahine, Ah Choon, and steersman; and I swear I saw Ah Choon grin at me with philosophic resignation as he cleared the rail and went under.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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But a strapping Rarotonga vahine [1] -- she must have weighed two hundred and fifty -- brought up against him and got an arm around his neck.
The Heathen 1914
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Away they went, vahine, Ah Choon, and steersman; and I swear I saw
The Heathen 1914
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Now bailing is one of the principal functions of the vahine.
Chapter 12 1913
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And out of the house came Tehei's vahine, a slender mite of a woman, kindly eyed and Mongolian of feature -- when she was not North American Indian.
Chapter 12 1913
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Vahine is the Tahitian for woman, and Charmian being the only vahine aboard, the bailing fell appropriately to her.
Chapter 12 1913
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Now bailing is one of the principal functions of the vahine.
Chapter 12 1911
sionnach commented on the word vahine
The scores of public automobiles were engaged by joyous parties who sallied to the rural resorts, each Juan with his vahine.
Rilly, "Mystic Isles of the South Seas"? You and Tintin might get along famously.
October 20, 2011