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jutka|ˈdʒʌtkə|
[f. Hindi jhaṭka a jerk, jolt, lurch.]
In southern India, a light two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a horse.
1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson 362/2 Jutka,..the native cab of Madras, and of Mofussil towns in that Presidency; a conveyance only to be characterised by the epithet ramshackle... It consists of a sort of box with venetian windows, on two wheels, and drawn by a miserable pony. It is entered by a door at the back. 1907B. M. Croker Company's Servant xxxi. 318 She..got her baggage on a jutka and drove away. 1927Scots Observer 16 Apr. 3/2 All afternoon jutkas and carts..are arriving. 1947R. K. Narayan Astrologer's Day 4 Jutka drivers swore at their horses. 1961K. Nagarajan Chron. Kedaram 117 It was so reminiscent of a jutka pony. |