Cairns
a seaport in NE Australia.
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How to use Cairns in a sentence
My ribs are like a xylophone, and the knobs of my spine stick up like ponderous Cairns in the landscape of my back.
At the summit two Cairns were found, the bamboo poles which had previously marked them having blown over.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonAt intervals along the trail they would erect other Cairns to mark the way over the desert of snow.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanI have heard that some of those high schools are really excellent, drawled Miss Cairns.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman | Pauline LesterThen there were sacred Cairns, consisting of stones thrown together by passers by, every one adding his stone.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant
If any one removed these Cairns, or part thereof, superstitious people predicted evil to the spoiler.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant
British Dictionary definitions for Cairns
/ (kænz, kɛənz) /
a port in NE Australia, in Queensland. Pop: 98 981 (2001)
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