| 单词 | punkah-wallah |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspunkah-wallah punkah-wallah n. a servant or attendant who works a punkah. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > other specific personal attendants henchmana1560 wallet-bearer1611 punkaha1613 bathing-woman1789 laquais de place1789 agterryer1824 punkah-wallah1826 famulus1837 personal assistant1910 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > fanning > one who > specific punkah-wallah1826 punkah-coolie1857 1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds xv. 140 He lolled in an elbow-chair, his feet supported on the back of another, before which stood his Punkah wallah, cooling his lower regions with a gigantic palm-leaf fan. 1857 A. Case Let. 6 Aug. in Day by Day at Lucknow (1858) v. 133 Last night..a shell burst close to our door, just behind the punkah wallah. 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah v. 141 What well-regulated female can make dress an object in a society of a dozen people..; or music, when her audience consists of a Punkah-wallah and a Portuguese Ayah? 1919 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 12 June 13/1 There is almost sure to be a punkah-wallah who will keep the velvet fan moving all through the night for a few coppers. 2004 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 22 May 21 Punka wallahs sit outside during services, pulling the ropes so the congregation is cooled by the swishing canvas. < as lemmas |
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