jaumpaun

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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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nounjaumpaun (plural jaumpauns)

plural jaumpauns

  1. alternativeAlternative form of jampan.

    ... a conveyance called a Jaumpaun, which is like a short palankeen, with an arched top, slung on three poles (like what is called a Tonjon in India) ...

    1819, Mountstuart Elphinstone, An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul..., page 137
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