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- noun Plural form of
Dusun .
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Examples
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The inhabitants of Ambun are Badjows, and the country people or Dyaks of the interior are called Dusuns, or villagers.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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Dusuns, or villagers (as the name signifies), might be protected and encouraged.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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A like custom is annually observed by the Dusuns of the Tuaran district in British North Borneo.
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It is a curious superstition, says a pioneer in Borneo, this of the Dusuns, to attribute anythingwhether good or bad, lucky or unluckythat happens to them to something novel which has arrived in their country.
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A like custom is annually observed by the Dusuns of the Tuaran district in British North Borneo.
Chapter 57. Public Scapegoats. § 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle 1922
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North Borneo, as a matter of fact the Dyaks form only a small minority of the population, the bulk of the inhabitants being Bajows, Dusuns and
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The Dusuns and the Muruts, who are generally found in widely scattered villages in the jungles of the interior, represent a very low stage of civilization, being unspeakably filthy in their habits and frequently becoming disgustingly intoxicated on a liquor of their own manufacture -- the Bornean equivalent of home brew.
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Dusuns, to attribute anything -- whether good or bad, lucky or unlucky -- that happens to them to something novel which has arrived in their country.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Kinabalu, "the Chinese Widow," [20] the sacred mountain of North Borneo whither the souls of the righteous Dusuns ascend after death.
British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884
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Matters were further complicated by the Dusuns recognising some noted cattle-lifters in the village, and demanding a buffalo which had been stolen from them.
British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884
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