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Definition of Punkahs
1. punkah [n] - See also: punkah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punkahs
Literary usage of Punkahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wabash: Or, Adventures of an English Gentleman's Family in the Interior by John Richard Beste (1855)
"punkahs.—Manners of Americans.— A "gone 'coon."—Difficulty of going further.—An
isolated priest.—Colonel and Mrs. Drake.—Plan of American cities. ..."
2. Malarial Fever: Its Cause, Prevention and Treatment; Containing Full Details by Ronald Ross (1902)
"PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS: punkahs AND OTHER MEASURES The fact that Europeans enjoy
so much better health in Indian towns than they have in Africa I attribute ..."
3. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"punkahs and Tatties. "—Departure for Madras.—The Hoogly River.—Sailor Anatomists.—The
Hoogly Channel.—Madras.—A Seaport without a Harbor. ..."
4. Anglo-Indian Domestic Life: A Letter from an Artist in India to His Mother by Colesworthey Grant (1862)
"Another, and perhaps more serious evil than a mere distracting influence is
connected with the necessity of punkahs in a church :—they deaden and interrupt ..."
5. Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion ... and by Henry Charles Sirr (1850)
"... or cinnamon peelers—punkahs—The result of an unex pected downfall — Dessert —
Crows, their boldness and audacity. COLOMBO is alike the seat of the ..."
6. Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion ... and by Henry Charles Sirr (1850)
"... or cinnamon peelers—punkahs—The result of an unex pected downfall — Dessert —
Crows, their boldness and audacity. COLOMBO is alike the seat of the ..."
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