dak bungalow
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Descending from the Kootub Minar, I am resting beneath the shade of the dak bungalow hard by, when a gray-bearded Hindoo approaches, salaams, and hands me a paper.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
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 Thomas Stevens
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 William Eleroy Curtis
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 Maud Diver
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 Thomas Stevens
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