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Life in India: A Series of Sketches Showing Something of the Anglo-Indian choose

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[Ind] E. Braddon Life in India 142: One Anglo-Indian burra-khana is the counterpart of another, and, in many respects, very like the typical dinner-party of England.
at burra khana (n.) under burra, adj.
[Ind] E. Braddon Life in India 158: [A] moribund conversation, and speculation as to whether Mr. B. has proposed to or been refused (jawaub’d) by Miss Y.
at juwab, v.
[Ind] E. Braddon Life in India I 279: The competition walla passes a stiffer examination in two or three months, and has for his place of study [...] some quiet Moffussil district where there is little or nothing to distract him from his books.
at wallah, n.
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