bundobustbandobastn.
/ˈbʌndəbʌst/, U.S. /ˈbəndəˌbəst/ India.
An arrangement, organization; preparations.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s)
preparationsc1390
preparativea1450
preparatory1577
preparado1610
bundobust1776
arrangement1786
build-up1927
warm-up1943
run-up1961
loosener1987
1776 Depositions 17/2 in Trial J. Fowke In the year 1180..when the Bundobustt of the farms took place.
1813 Gloss. 5th Rep. Sel. Comm. E. India Co. 10/1 Bundoobust... A settlement of the amount of revenue to be paid or collected.
1880 G. Aberigh-Mackay Twenty-one Days India 181 This unhappy creature whose mind is a perfect blank regarding Faujdari and Bandobast..will..actually presume to discuss Indian subjects with you.
1896 A. Forbes Camps, Quarters, & Casual Places 270 George Martell did not make quite so bad a bandobast after all.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 319/2 ‘Sahib, what bundobast fer dinner?’ asked Khuda Bux.
1925 B. Beetham in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 163 [We] set off with a minimum bandobast to penetrate as far down into Nepal as we could.
1927 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 327/2 An Indian regiment whose water bundobust had somehow gone wrong.
1963 M. Malim Pagoda Tree xxiii. 157 A great one for rushing about with a tremendous air of determination ‘making bundobusts’ right, left and centre.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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