What with the chain fastened on one leg, the woman's dress, and the Gombo, he could not advance quickly.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc
Assisted by the Parisian, we made trial of the esculents peculiar to the country-Gombo soup, sweet potatoes, terrapins, and canvas-backs-with much solemnity and satisfaction, agreeing, that fame had spoken truth for once, in extolling the two last-named delicacies.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence
We quickly determined to spend the day in going with them to Pisa, and making an excursion to the Gombo, where the Pisan pines end in the sands by the seashore-and we did not return till midnight.
"Story of My Life, volumes 1-3"
Augustus J. C. Hare