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Yesterday and To-day in India choose

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[Ind] S.L. Blanchard Yesterday and To-day in India 55: The Mofussilites, as a general rule, lead a far more primitive life than people live in Calcutta. They get up earlier in the morning, go to bed earlier at night, and take more exercise during the day.
at Mofussilite (n.) under Mofussil, n.
[Ind] S.L. Blanchard Yesterday and To-day in India Mar. 116: She was just a little depressed, I heard, at this contretemps, but recovered herself on taking her place as the new spin of a Mofussil station.
at spin, n.2
[Ind] S.L. Blanchard Yesterday and To-day in India I 11: The ‘Competition Wallahs’ are not all new men: they include members of some of the best of the ‘old families,’ who have proved that they can fight their way as well as gain it by favour.
at wallah, n.
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