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  • Only too glad to being work I gave him a red blanket, called joho, and five strings of mzizima beads, which were equal to fifty of the common white.

    The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

  • Thu 07/27/06 3:38 PM joho – I second your emotion.

    'Fletch' lives, returns, begins, persists... with Zach Braff! | EW.com 2006

  • Feathers of the ostrich and the eagle waved over their fronts, or the mane of the zebra surrounded their heads; their knees and ankles were hung with little bells; joho robes floated behind, from their necks; spears, assegais, knob-sticks, and bows were flourished over their heads, or held in their right hands, as if ready for hurling.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • He had on the dark blue joho edged with a red pattern.

    Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman

  • He had on a long, dark-blue joho, or robe, embellished down its open front with a tracery of gold.

    Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman

  • She touched the cold forehead and muttered, "How chilly you are!" and threw over the body of the martyr the torn joho, which she had been wearing round her shoulders.

    Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman

  • All n'yanzigged for this great condescension, and said they were delighted with their guest; then producing a strip of common joho to compare it with my blanket, they asked if I could recognise it.

    The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

  • Before, however, the hongo could be paid, I must give the Sirhid and himself twenty brass wires, three joho, three barsati, twenty strings of mzizima, and one thousand strings of white beads.

    The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

  • Forgot to mention - I had the same "malapop" * mentioned by joho.

    Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle 2008

  • And as a sucker for 60s nostalgia and generally agreeing with anything @joho writes: I liked this puzzle.

    Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle 2008

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