jhola

plural jholas

1. South Asiaa cloth sling bag, usually one considered cheap or simple

   Lenin has left his jhola behind. I shall return it to him when I see him next. It's filthy; maybe I should wash or dryclean it before that.

   2013 January 21, Namita Gokhale, Priya: In Incredible Indyaa, Penguin UK, →ISBN

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   Both would join in and chime, "Anaro, why do you always carry this jhola?" “ I carry this jhola to stash away the things I steal! I stow away your miserable things in this! Ask them , if I do not carry a jhola, just where do I keep my matches, bidis and small change?

   2001, M. Bhagat, Anaro and Other Stories, Orient Blackswan, →ISBN, page 25

   She drew her flowers together and put them into the dusty little jhola she carried. It was stitched with bits of sequins that caught the sunlight and sparkled, a brave effort because the rest of the fabric that made it was so shabby.

   2014 January 1, Anjana Basu, In the Shadow of the Leaves, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), →ISBN, page 131