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Meanings of palankeen in English
Synonyms
Examples for "palanquin"
Examples for "palanquin"
1
He waved a hand to demand help in straightening from his palanquin.
2
The corpse being carried first, the wife followed in a rich palanquin.
3
The populace howled and cheered about her palanquin to the very gates.
4
The woman beside the palanquin tapped her staff three times in reply.
5
You have paid for many a ride in a palanquin for me.
Usage of palankeen in English
1
Captain Hollings' groom was shot dead, and one of his palankeen-bearers was wounded.
2
Well, her highness will be, as usual, in her palankeen slung between two mules.
3
At my bidding the inner gates opened, and they closed again when the palankeen had entered.
4
Most of the hadjys were mounted in the Shebrye, a sort of palankeen placed upon the camel.
5
He, with others, had been carrying me about in a palankeen all day in the hot sun.
6
Her fine large eyes shed many a tear as she was getting into her palankeen to return.
7
The throng had parted before this little procession, averting their eyes from the covered palankeen, as was beseeming.
8
At each of these stages, relays of sixty palankeen-bearers and six torch-bearers were placed by the Post-Master at Cawnpore.
9
To my surprise a gallant youth, some twelve years of age, sprang through the momentarily parted curtains of the palankeen.
10
They set out immediately, leaving all their armed followers in their camps, and taking only a few personal attendants and palankeen bearers.
11
Carriages, horses, palankeens, camels and troops, all passed without the slightest difficulty.
12
In Northern India palankeens (pālkīs) are now seldom used, even by Indians, except for purposes of ceremony.
13
'My royal mother is in the palankeen, and craves for sanctuary in your zenana.'
14
At this place we met with a hospitable friend, who stored our palankeens with provisions, after giving us a capital breakfast.
15
"That'd be the wog in the palankeen, then..."
16
Captain Hollings' groom was shot dead, and one of his palankeen-bearers was wounded.
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Palankeen through the time