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Dyaks   Listen
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Dyaks  n. pl.  (singular Dyak) (Ethnol.) The aboriginal and most numerous inhabitants of Borneo. They are partially civilized, but retain many barbarous practices.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Dyaks" Quotes from Famous Books



... rapidly across the smooth waters of the harbor, answering Sing's harmless shots with yells of derision and wild, savage war cries. There were, perhaps, fifty Dyaks and Malays—fierce, barbaric men; mostly naked to the waist, or with war-coats of brilliant colors. The savage headdress of the Dyaks, the long, narrow, decorated shields, the flashing blades of parang and kris sent a shudder through the girl, so close they seemed beneath ...
— The Monster Men • Edgar Rice Burroughs



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