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The Burnt Offering choose

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[Ind] Mrs E. Coates Burnt Offering 254: ‘It’s all very well for you! You haven’t got to deprive Mrs. Livingstone Hooper of a burra-khana at eight hours’ notice!’.
at burra khana (n.) under burra, adj.
[Ind] Mrs. E. Cotes Burnt Offering 206: The regiment were in camp [...] and old Tom Scatter got khabber of this new toy of Kolapatta’s.
at khubber, n.
[Ind] Mrs. E. Cotes Burnt Offering 216: ‘Be silent, soor’ said the Sub-Inspector.
at soor, n.1
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