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Caribees

American  
[kar-uh-beez] / ˈkær əˌbiz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. Antilles


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The Caribees were aligned along the track, the officers so bewildered by the confusion that it was by a miracle some of the groups of moving men were not run over by the backing engines.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

All that day the forces rested, the Caribees providing themselves with new arms and equipments, or the two or three hundred who had flung their own away.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

Battalion and brigade drill, too, were new diversions for the Caribees, as now, camped near other troops, these more complicated movements were part of the regiment's allotted duty.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

The Caribees were the first body of soldiers sent from Warchester, and there was a memorable scene when the jaunty ranks filed through the streets to the station.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

The whole city was in march as the Caribees reached the thronged main thoroughfare.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)