 | 1824 - 494 стор.
...an osnaburgh or check frock, and a pair of osnaburgh or sheeting trowsers, with a coarse hat. That of the women is an osnaburgh or coarse linen shift,...their heads. Both men and women are also provided with greatcoats (or croocas, as they call them) of blue woollen stuff. Neither sex wear shoes in common,... | |
 | 1823 - 508 стор.
...an osnaburgh or check frock, aml a pair of osnaburgh or sheeting trowsers, with a coarse hat. That of the women is an osnaburgh or coarse linen shift,...their heads. Both men and women are also provided with great-coats (or croocas, as they call them) of blue •woollen stuff. Neither sex wear shoes in common,... | |
 | John Stewart - 1823 - 406 стор.
...an osnaburgh or check frock, and a pair of osnaburgh or sheeting trowsers, with a coarse hat. That of the women is an osnaburgh or coarse linen shift,...according to their taste and circumstances, and a * Some of the Africans eat the cane-field rat, which they regard as a great luxury. handkerchief tied... | |
 | John Ashton Yates - 1824 - 128 стор.
...an Osnaburgh or check frock, and a pair of Osnaburgh or sheeting trowsers, with a coarse hat. That of the women is an Osnaburgh or coarse linen shift,...men and women are also provided with great coats (or crocas, as they call them) of blue woollen stuff. Neither sex wear shoes in common, these being reserved... | |
 | Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page - 2002 - 578 стор.
...rather than Osnaburg, so this quot is open to question.) 1808 Stewart 232, Both men and women [slaves] are also provided with great coats (or crookas, as they call them) of blue woolen stuff. (Ed. 1823, 269, sp eroocat.) CROCUS BAG /krokos bag/ sb; < CROCUS + bag. (This is the... | |
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... but because the former is a greater rarity than the latter. They cannot afford to indulge themselves with a fowl or a duck, except upon particular occasions." " The common dress of the male slaves is an Osnaburgh or check frock, and a pair of Osnaburgh... 