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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 Thomas Stevens

The wild jungle encroaches on the village, and the dak bungalow occupies an isolated position at one end.

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

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

From The Woodlands Orchids by Frederick Boyle

The rain ceases, and, with water flinging from my wheel, I seek the civil lines and the dak bungalow three miles farther down the road.

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

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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