chumpaun

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A form of jampan — Synonym of dandy or tonjon, a kind of open sedan chair, particularly one with its main pole suspended from smaller poles borne on the shoulders of two pairs of porters.

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Meanings

nounchumpaun (plural chumpauns)

plural chumpauns

  1. alternativeAlternative form of jampan.

    The Chumpaun, or as it is more frequently called, the Chumpala, is the usual vehicle in which persons of distinction, especially females, are carried...

    1822, William Lloyd et al., A Narrative of a Journey from Caunpoor..., page 105
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