garavanca, -ance, -anza
obs. ff. calavance.
| 1628 Digby Voy. Medit. (1868) 75 All sixe were laden with wheate, garauanzas and cheese. 1699 in Misc. Cur. (1708) III. 391 They eat parched Garavancas, parched Almonds, and Beans. 1770 Franklin Let. to J. Bartram 11 Jan. in Darlington Mem. Bartram (1849) 404, I send..also some Chinese Garavances. |