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Meanings of krosh in English

Ancient unit of distance from the Indian subcontinent.

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        For further particulars respecting the modes of catching the eu-kod-kos, vide vol.
        Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
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        In some places the beds of saffron-flowers extend to a kos.
        Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet
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        In our reckoning it is twenty kos and one kos is three kilometers.
        The Wheel O' Fortune
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        One of the best parts about being South Africa is undeniably our kief kos.
        The South African
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        Dē mod' o kos- abardat the court of Alkinoös.
        Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
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        Oi shan't love 'em a bit the less coss oi loves little Polly.
        Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
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        I kem along now' 'coss I want to be aboard afore it's dark.
        The Stowaway Girl
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        However, there was still some salad left, some large coss lettuce leaves soaked with oil.
        L'Assommoir
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        He has also a fort called Atursae, two coss south from Dewa; a mile west from Buldeogur.
        A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II
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        From its flat roof a body of horse had been seen in the distance, nearly a coss away.
        In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
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        You're seven koss downstream.
        The Bridge-Builders
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        Koss since has left the country, China's Foreign Ministry said last Tuesday.
        The Irish Times
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        It seemed a peaceful place... until Koss spotted the dead man.
        A clash of kings
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        The next day Koss came racing back to warn Yoren of a camp ahead.
        A clash of kings
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        Their leukemia could have been caused by other factors, said Amgen spokeswoman Ashleigh Koss.
        Reuters
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        One is a 'Shakanah' (Englishman), the other a 'Naimewa' from the 'Maha-mate-kosh-ehoj' (an exile from the French).
        Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet
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        The enemy, by all he could learn, were now far distant from the Four Lakes-probably at Kosh-ko-nong.
        Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest
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        Kosh amedeid, you are welcome, Huckaback.
        The Pacha of Many Tales
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        All the effective men had been withdrawn, upon a requisition from General Atkinson, to join him at his newly-built fort at Kosh-ko-nong.
        Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest
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        Why, man, if we keep on in this direction, following the course of the river, we shall bring up at Kosh-ko-nong, instead of Chicago.
        Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest