palkigharry

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A form of palkigari — A carriage or cart considered similar-looking to a palanquin, particularly (historical) those instituted for regular service between major towns in British India in the 1840s.

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nounpalkigharry (plural palkigharries)

plural palkigharries

  1. IndiaalternativeAlternative form of palkigari.

    The Governor-General's carriage... may be jostled by the hired ‘palkigharry,’ with its two wretched ponies, rope harness, nearly naked driver, and wheels whose sinuous motions impress one with the idea that they must come off at the next revolution.

    1878, George Graham, Life in the Mofussil..., page 36
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