Dacca

/ ˈdækə /

noun

To outface and down-talk a Calcutta-taught Bengali, a voluble Dacca drug-vendor, would be a good game.

Kindly villagers, remembering the Dacca drug-vendor of two months ago, give him shelter against evil spirits of the wood.

With the fall of the sunlight upon his still triumphant face he returned to the humble Dacca quack.

They would tear off the rough border of their Dacca muslin, because it rubbed against their delicate skin.

They would tear off the rough border of their Dacca muslin, because it rubbed against their skin.

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