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dak bungalow

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noun

  1. (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated

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Leaving his baggage at the dak bungalow, he strolled afoot to the large and handsome mansion indicated.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick

At the entrance to Umballa one of these hopeful participants in the blessings of enlightened government informs me, with sundry obsequious salaams, that the dak bungalow is four miles farther.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

A mile west of the town, I am told, is the Rohilcund Railway, the dak bungalow, and the bungalow of an English Sahib.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

It is the development of ancient patriarchal hospitality, and the dak bungalow, which is provided for European travelers in all hotelless towns and cities, is simply a refinement of the custom.

From Modern India by Curtis, William Eleroy

Hermann Heideck lived in a dak bungalow, one of those hotels kept going by the Government, which afford travellers shelter, but neither bed nor food.

From The Coming Conquest of England by Niemann, August

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