tappa
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tappa
a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark -
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tappa
the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
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tappa
See tapa.
These marks produce the corduroy sort of stripes discernible in the tappa in its finished state. "Typee" by
Everybody, too, ride about in coaches, bigger than hers; and wear fine tappa every day. "Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas" by
He was courteous, however, directing a tappa cloth to be spread for me. "Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete" by
Their only clothing consisted of the maro, a strip of tappa, or native cloth, tied round the loins. "The Island Home" by
We dismounted in front of a little grass hut where we heard the sound of a tappa-pounder, and went to the door. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880" by
Figure 2 shows a forge made by William E. Tappae. "St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1886, No. 7." by
She lay down at the bottom with a tappa cloth covering her from the sun. "Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life" by