lashkar
noun
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lashkar
1 American
[lash-ker]
/ ˈlæʃ kər /
noun
Lashkar
2
American
[luhsh-ker]
/ ˈlʌʃ kər /
noun
Lashkar
British
/ ˈlʌʃkə /
noun
Example Sentences
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We were a little lashkar, but we drove them back into their fort!
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
In the year 1879 the tribe of the Wazirs had been incited by their Mullahs to rise, and they came down suddenly with their lashkar on the little frontier town of Tank.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
"How great is the lashkar that is forming?" asked Courtenay.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
We keep hearing of that lashkar that we can't locate, under a mullah whose name seems to change with the day of the week.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
Word from O-C Khyber Rifles to effect that lashkar is collecting.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
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