kala juggah

plural kala juggahs · alternative kala jagah

1. IndiahistoricalA "dark corner" or out-of-the-way area in a bar, dance-hall, etc., used for flirtation.

   “Your salon would suit their views admirably, if you respected the religious prejudices of the country and provided plenty of kala juggahs.”

   1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 17

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   The magic of those minutes in the kala juggah, when she had sat with her little hand in his, came back to him. He made up his mind to see a lot more of Sheilagh when he got back.

   2014, John Gerrard Hennessy, Ann Hennessy, Solfatara: A Story of the British Indian Frontier, page 23