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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One Sunday we foregathered in the cool of the evening at a dak bungalow, near the point where our three districts met, to compare notes and to swap lies.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various

For the first time it is cool enough to sleep without the services of the punkah-wallah, and not a soul remains about the dak bungalow after nightfall.

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

The breeding-season lasts from March to June, and some birds at any rate must have two broods, since I found three fresh eggs in the wall of the Pownda dak bungalow about the 20th June.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

While watching the interesting performances of the Hindoo, conjurers I have left the bicycle at a little dak bungalow near the old entrance-gate.

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

There is a good serai or inn for native travellers, and a dak bungalow or resting-place for Europeans.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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