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Pandurang Hàrì, or, Memoirs of a Hindu choose

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[Ind] [W.B. Hockley] Pandurang Hàrì III 194: The mahouhut [...] called out to his elephant, Chul, chul, or ‘walk on quick,’ accompanying the word of command with a kick behind the creature’s ear.
at chull, v.
[Ind] [W.B. Hockley] Pandurang Hàrì I 111: Then again he told me that some of the TopeeWallas say ‘John Company,’ and he knew that John was a man’s name, for his master was called John Brice, but he could not say to a certainty whether ‘Company’ was a man or woman’s name.
at John Company, n.
[Ind] [W.B. Hockley] Pandurang Hàrì 158: Oftentimes the arbitrators are all in league, and divide whatever comes to the net in equal portions: – in this case they apply themselves to sumjao the defendant.
at sumjao, v.
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