9 examples of kanakas in sentences

"What's the matter with you?" "One of the Kanakas nearly cut my eye out!"

The Kanakas became demoralized with fear, and I forgot the trouble hanging over the heads of the girls and their father as I helped Newmarch drag the crew from their bunks to cut away the wreckage of the vessel.

We gave up for gone, all of us, the other five all kanakas.

There'd be only one pipe among a dozen kanakas, and each had a draw or so in turn.

Aboud a gouple of hundred kanakas chase de sheep.

Ve vas dreaded vell mit de vimmen makin' luff und the kanakas glad mit it.

I've seen too many Kanakas go that way when the tahua got the tupapau after them.

They're alike, these Kanakas; they're afraid of God and the devil, their own and the dam' missionary outfit, too.

A couple of Kanakas were ordered to reef it, but could do nothing with it; the skipper cursed them for "sojers" (our infantryman smiling at the epithet) and sent two first-class hands to replace them; but these also were completely beaten by the hurricane.

9 examples of  kanakas  in sentences