hamal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hamal
1960–65; < Arabic hammāl porter, carrier, akin to hamala to carry
Example Sentences
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He has laid a veneer of American-style street smarts on the skills of the hamal, or dock walloper, who learned survival on the wharves of Turkish Constantinople.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hamal made the tiger-noises in twenty different keys.
From Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II by Kipling, Rudyard
In a minute the hamal entered and flung a pail of water on the burning pool of oil, reducing the mass of blue lambent flames considerably.
From Snake and Sword A Novel by Wren, Percival Christopher
My last Boy was curiously scrupulous about the truth, and would rarely tell a lie, even to shield himself from blame, though he would do so to get the hamal into a scrape.
From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton
He orders about the other servants with a fuller voice than before, and when anyone calls for a chair, he no longer brings one himself, but commands the hamal to do so.
From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton
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