jompon

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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

nounjompon (plural jompons)

plural jompons

  1. archaicArchaic form of jampan.

    JOMPON... A kind of sedan, or portable chair used chiefly by the ladies at the Hill Sanitaria of Upper India.

    1886, Henry Yule & al., Hobson-Jobson..., s.v. "Jompon"
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jompon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jompon

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