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1. compound, n.2 View full entry 1679
...The enclosure within which a (European) residence or factory stands, in India, China, and other Eastern countries....
2. England, n. View full entry a1475
...The inhabitants of England (sometimes also Britain) regarded collectively. Also: England personified or regarded allusively, esp. as a political entity; (with modifying word) a section of the inhabitants of England...
3. eve-teaser, n. View full entry 1960
...A man who sexually harasses a woman in a public place. Cf. eve-teasing...
4. eve-teasing, n. View full entry 1960
...Sexual harassment of a woman by a man in a public place. Cf. eve-teaser...
5. griffin, n.2 View full entry 1793
...A European newly arrived in India, and unaccustomed to Indian ways and peculiarities; a novice, new-comer, greenhorn....
6. kilta, n. View full entry 1876
...In India, a kind of wicker basket. Also attrib. = made of wicker....
7. kitty, n.4 View full entry 1825
...A prison, jail, or lock-up; a house of correction....
8. Kol, n. View full entry 1795
...Mundu-speaking peoples of Chota Nagpur and Bengal in India (see also quot. 1896); a member of any of these peoples. Also attrib. or as , of...
9. Kolam, n. View full entry a1863
...In India, a group of people (whose name for themselves is Kōlavar) speaking a Dravidian language similar to that of the Parji of Bastar....
10. Paulist, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1665
...In India, esp. the former Portuguese colony of Goa: a Jesuit. Now hist....
11. pish-pash, n. View full entry 1834
...A soup or stew containing rice and small pieces of meat, esp. chicken....
12. tappal | tappaul, n. View full entry 1791
...The transmission of letters, etc. by relays of runners; the organization by which this is carried on; the postal matter or conveyance, the mail; one who carries the post; an arrival or...
13. tonjon, n. View full entry c1804
...A kind of sedan chair slung on a pole and carried by four bearers....
14. tum-tum, n.2 View full entry 1863
...A dog-cart....
15. Waler, n.2 View full entry 1849
...Anglo-Indian. A horse imported from Australia, esp. from New South Wales. Also, a type of light Australian horse....
