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Bombay Ducks: An Account of Some of the Every-day Birds and Beasts Found in a Naturalist’s Eldorado choose

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[Ind] D. Dewar Bombay Ducks 77: I was awakened in the morning - my first in Madras - to find that the crows had eaten up my chota haziri, and that the sparrows were fighting over the crumbs left by the crows.
at chota hazri under chota, adj.
[Ind] D. Dewar Bombay Ducks v: [T]he European residents of the Western Presidency were known as Bombay Ducks to distinguish them from Bengal Qui-his and Madras Mulls.
at duck, n.3
[Ind] D. Dewar Bombay Ducks v: [T]he European residents of the Western Presidency were known as Bombay Ducks to distinguish them from Bengal Qui-his and Madras Mulls.
at qui-hi, n.
[Ind] D. Dewar Bombay Ducks v: In the palmy days of the East India Company, when the now-barren pagoda-tree showered its fruits upon all who shook it, the European residents of the Western Presidency were known as Bombay Ducks.
at shake the pagoda tree (v.) under shake, v.
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