bandar log

noun

A nation of monkeys; hence, (figurative) a group of chattering people.

OriginHindi बन्दर-लोग →
First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounbandar log (uncountable)

alternative bander log

  1. rareuncountableA nation of monkeys; hence, (figurative) a group of chattering people.First known use 19th c.

    Men are blood-brothers of the Bandar-log.

    1895, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book
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    That is just what the Bandar Log overlook, when they jabber about the dreadful industrial upheaval that is coming with peace.

    1917, Ian Hay, Carrying On

    When she got to where they were she turned her face on the bander log and spoke.

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper, published 2013, page 2

Origin

  1. Hindiबन्दर-लोग
  2. Englishbandar log

From Hindi बन्दर-लोग (bandar-log).

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