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Examples for "nabob "
Examples for "nabob "
1 It was not until five o'clock that the nabob entered the fort.
2 He was a nabob , and he knew the power of his wealth.
3 Up in Copperhead Camp I was a nabob , here I'm a nobody.
4 They are going to be huge, gushes the nabob of gob himself.
5 The very offer of the nabob showed him that the latter was alarmed.
1 The nawab was killed, and one of his sons, Maphuz Khan, taken prisoner.
2 This man was the nephew of the last nawab of the Carnatic, Dost Ali.
3 Dupleix refused, and the nawab sent his son Maphuz Khan to invest the town.
4 The nawab held the fort for seven months, when it was recaptured by Lord Clive.
5 What nawab owns the great house yonder?
1 The idea of so much water was difficult for the naib to grasp.
2 Meah Atchund was continued governor of Surat, and Pharass Cawn was appointed naib .
3 Fenring acted as if he did not hear the naib .
4 The old naib 's brow furrowed, and he ran his fingers along the dark beard on his chin.
5 A battered and bedraggled Elias stood over him, looking deeply worried, as the naib drew several shuddering breaths.
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