boab
/ (ˈbəʊæb) /
Australian short for baobab
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How to use boab in a sentence
On one side is a raised stone platform, seat for the "boab" or door-keeper, and other servants of the house.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt | R. Talbot KellyIt was a grand panorama that the climbing moon lighted up all around Mount boab, a vast billowy sea of gloom and sheen.
A Fortnight of Folly | Maurice ThompsonThe house stands there now, weather-beaten and lonely on the peak of Mt. boab, all tenantless and forlorn.
A Fortnight of Folly | Maurice ThompsonOne of them was a very quiet-looking fellow who dryly stated that he was the high sheriff of Mt. boab county.
A Fortnight of Folly | Maurice Thompsonboab was not intractable, but he was sagacious; he had been fed on that sort of chaff too long.
Acadia | Frederic S. Cozzens
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