bheesty
noun
(in India) a water carrier.
bheestie
-
a variation of
bheesty.
Example Sentences
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The only servant is the bheestie or water-carrier.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
He has mentioned a case in which a large catfish jumped into the mouth of a Madras bheestie.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
