Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Linnean genus (1735–66) containing the whole of his order Primates, excepting the genera Homo, Lemur, and Vespertilio.
- noun Now, the name-giving genus of Simiidæ, containing only those apes known as orang-utans.
- noun A genus of gastropods.
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Examples
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Two or three times I found myself saying to myself almost aloud: "I'm Jack Pansay on leave at Simla -- _at Simla_!
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"He talks equally well to High Court Judge or to a scientist, and I hear he can make first-class love to the latest belle in Simla."
Who Was Kipling? 2007
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More conventional men would have identified the gap as woman shaped, and spent their leave wife hunting at tea parties and polo matches in Simla.
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Simla, which is one of the most fashionable of the Indian summer resorts, is built high up among the Himalayan Mountains.
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In Simla, which is the summer home of the Viceroy of India, there has been more rioting.
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Province of Benguet, has been called the Simla of the Philippines.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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White (1888), and Under the Deodars (1889), all of which are concerned with society life in Simla.
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The first town that we come to is called Simla (Plate XII.).
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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When they went up to a place called Simla, where, as I understand, it is cool in the summer and very social -- when they went up to Simla for their healths it was she who had him prancing around, as we should say in the United
The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford 1906
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Kitty was laughing and chattering at my side -- while all Simla, that is to say as much of it as had then come from the Plains, was grouped round the
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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