Watusi
- Also Wa·tut·si [wah-toot-see]. /wɑˈtut si/.
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How to use Watusi in a sentence
Sinatra was enraged at the thought of his soon to be ex-wife “doing the Watusi” with his black servant.
The Week in Death: George Jacobs, Sinatra’s Domestic Confidant | The Telegraph | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf course there were still some of the older generation left; Kikiyu and even a few Watusi.
This Crowded Earth | Robert BlochWhen two people of these tribes meet, the former presses his hands together, the Watusi uttering a few words in a low voice.
Great African Travellers | W.H.G. KingstonThe Watusi are the descendants of a great wave of Galla invasion that reached even to Tanganyika.
Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure | Edward CarpenterPumpkins and sweet potatoes are also common; and the Watusi own and tend enormous herds of cattle, goats and sheep.
Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure | Edward Carpenter
The Watusi women wore necklaces of copper bells, and to their ankles were attached circlets of small iron bells.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria | Henry Morton Stanley
British Dictionary definitions for Watusi
Watutsi (wəˈtʊtsɪ)
/ (wəˈtuːzɪ) /
a member of a cattle-owning Negroid people of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa
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