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a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar
the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841
How To Use Tangier In A Sentence
- Before he came to us De Malet was military commandant at Oran, and it was there that he did one of his best strokes -- outgeneralling a camel-driver from Tangier, one of those thorough-paced Moorish rascals of whom the saying goes, 'Two Maltese to a Jew, and three Jews to a Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878
- Curious stories are told of Maroquine adventurers leaving Tangier and Fez as camel-drivers and town-porters, and then assuming the character and style of merchants in Gibraltar, throwing over their shoulders a splendid woollen burnouse, and folding round their heads a thoroughly orthodox turban in large swelling folds of milk-white purity. Travels in Morocco
- The tangerine is a mandarin variant from the city of Tangiers. The Fruit Hunters
- The katsudon is a deep-fried and breaded pork cutlet served with a sauce that has a dark, rich flavour somewhat like a tangier steak sauce.
- She settled at a family home in Morocco, where she spent eight years, studying at the American School of Tangier.
- 190 I may be allowed to note that syphilis does not confine itself to man: a charger infected with it was pointed out to me at Baroda by my late friend, Dr. Arnott (18th Regiment, Bombay N.I.) and Tangier showed me some noticeable cases of this hippic syphilis, which has been studied in Hungary. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Tangier is a beautiful city, but in addition to being the ‘gateway to Morocco’ it's also the hot spot for rough trade, touts and general sleaze in all forms, a hangover from its past as an interzone of permissiveness.
- Apart from the seasonal connotations that cinnamon, oranges, Stilton and mulled port wine have, I think Stilton might make an even tangier and more contrasting accompaniment to the sweet jelly.
- Casablanca is a city of northwest Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean south-southwest of Tangier.
- The katsudon is a deep-fried and breaded pork cutlet served with a sauce that has a dark, rich flavour somewhat like a tangier steak sauce.