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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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The sleeping-accommodation of the dak bungalow may hardly be described as luxurious; ants and other insects swarm in myriads, and lizards drag their slimy length about the timber of the walls and ceiling.

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

I want an 'urgent,' care of the Station-master, to catch me at Lahore to-morrow night, and another at Thung dak bungalow next day; unless . . . of course .

From The Great Amulet by Diver, Maud

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

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick

Travelling leisurely, and resting often, for thirty miles, the afternoon brings me to the small town of Peepli, where a dak bungalow provides food and shelter of a certain kind.

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

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