jaun

plural jauns

1. IndiahistoricalSynonym of litter, particularly those of the upper middle class in 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century Kolkata.

   Who did not know that office Jaun of pale Pomona green, With its drab and yellow lining, and picked out black between, Which down the Esplanade did go at the ninth hour of the day […]

   1851, Henry Meredith Parker, Bole Ponjis

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   A large number of accidents are also caused by office jauns which as a class are driven too fast and by inexperienced men. It has been suggested that these jauns should be registered and numbered and their drivers licensed.

   1917, Reginald Clarke, Annual Report on the Police Administration of the Town of Calcutta and Its Suburbs, page 142

   Synonyms: litter, particularly those of the upper middle class in 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century Kolkata