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Definition of Bunnia
1. a Hindu merchant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunnia
Literary usage of Bunnia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the World: With Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits edited by Alfred Henry Miles (1895)
"Among the occurrences during the excursion, some were of a peculiar and pathetic
nature. The first happened to a poor bunnia, or dealer, of the village of ..."
2. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies (1828)
"The first was a poor bunnia or dealer of the village of Doongul, ... After mutual
inquiries, the peon told the bunnia he was going to the same place, ..."
3. From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling (1907)
"And the bunnia, clothed in a blue dressing-gown, with thick white ... The bunnia
lies with one wadded blue arm round a big brazier of hammered brass on ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"And the bunnia, clothed in a blue dressing-gown, with thick white ... The bunnia
lies with one wadded blue arm round a big brazier of hammered brass on ..."
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