godown
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of godown
1580–90; < Malay godong, perhaps < Telugu giḍ ( ḍ ) angi, Tamil kiṭanku, akin to kiṭa- to lie
Example Sentences
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It was familiar, almost banal, like the scent of sacks of grain and spice in an old godown, but also somehow glamorous — sensual, velvety.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
His father, deeply ashamed and hopeless of reclaiming him, could only banish him to live as he would in a paddy godown outside the town.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I am not the only one...besides one must live. It is not everywhere one can earn fifteen rupees a month and have a godown to live in free.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
She gnawed like a rat into the godown of Chacko’s grief.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
As to the goods, they are in Coja Solomon's godown; they were delivered some time ago and paid for; what the reason of the delay is I cannot tell.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
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