Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blow-gun. Compare
sumpitan .
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Examples
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The mischievous young men opposite had procured a _sarbacane_ -- vulgarly known as a 'bean-blower,' -- and were shooting torpedoes into Ann
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Heart of heaven; in other cases we cannot fathom the original intention of names such as the feathered serpent, the white boar, _le tireur de sarbacane au sarigue_, and others; and they therefore sound to our ears simply absurd.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861
hernesheir commented on the word sarbacane
(n): a type of blowgun used by indigenous hunters in South America and Borneo. Also, sarbacand.
January 6, 2009