10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAMMA HOLE»
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namma hole When white men came to give their horses water for a few days, the
natives found to their dismay that the waters had dried away; for the well was only
a rock hole that had filled with sand, and once the water was drained out ...
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My Fourth Tour in Western Australia
The " namma hole " was equal to the emergency. By bailing the water with a
quart pot into a bucket, all the horses and camels were watered, and after a two
days' camp at the spot, the cistern in the rocks was not dry when my informant
and his ...
Albert Frederick Calvert,
1897
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Manual of Style for Use in Composition and Proof Reading
namesake. namma-hole. i nannybcrry. nap-taking. ! nape-crest. narrow (prefix),
all take hyphen. natterjack. navel-string, wort. I navy-yard. near-legged, sighted,
sightednes3. ! neatherd. I neat's-foot (a.), i neb-neb. 1 neekband, cloth, lace,
laced, ...
United States. Government Printing Office,
1904
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Spinifex and sand: a narrative of five years' pioneering and ...
us back towards the West ; we could see their camps, one close to the namma-
hole, another four miles away, with crushed seed lying about, and a few roots
pulled up. Warri said they were " tired fella " from the way they walked. All this
made ...
David Wynford Carnegie,
1898
The bleached skull of a giant cat, distinguished by its curved forehead and great
fangs, lowerjaw intact, sat in a dry namma hole amidst a rug of fur and claws. '
You bring him that too?' Swann asked. 'Last year,' Oats answered. 'Shot him
down ...
Namma-hole (Aiist). A natural well. (Standard) Nankin porcelain. Blue china. (
Standard) Nannies (York.). Natural Joints, cracks, or slips In the coal measures.
See also Cleat, 1. (Gresley) Nantokite. Cuprous chloride. CuiClj. Granular,
massive.
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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
Namma-hole (Aust). A natural welL (Standard) Nankin porcelain. Blue china. (
Standard) - Nannies (York.). Natural Joints, cracks, or slips In the coal measures.
See also Cleat 1. (Gresley) Nantokite. Cuprous chloride, CuiCU. Granular,
massive ...
Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy,
1920
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A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry
Namma-hole (Aust.). A natural well. (Standard) Nankin porcelain. Blue china. (
Standard) Nannies (York.). Natural joints, cracks, or slips in the coal measures.
See also Cleat, 1. (Gresley) Nantoklte. Cuprous chloride, CujCU. Granular,
massive.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Policeman: back 5.: 1851 (Mayhew, I); virtually T by 1910. namma hole. Better
gnamma hole, q.v. nammas. Var., in Renton Nicholson, An Autobiography, 1860,
of:nammous or namous; occ. nammus or nommus; rarely namus and T namase.
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The Low Bed of a Faller
Shadeside ofa namma hole Shallow water set beside her Breathing sunny, gettin'
ol'. Sandal slap and cooker hiss Fill the plate with meat Soon I'll sit on counter top
Am dyin' on my feet. THE LEAVING OF LAGOS Singing's gone they say, sung ...