hamal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hamal
1960–65; < Arabic hammāl porter, carrier, akin to hamala to carry
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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
A peacock reposing majestically in the arms of a patient hamal appeared at the front door, a souvenir for "his excellency."
From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Arthur Ruhl
As for the hamal, she is tired of fighting with him.
From Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken
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 Edward Hamilton Aitken
It was after sunset and the hamal had not yet lit the lamps, so that this pantry, a dark room at mid-day, was far from light at that time.
From Snake and Sword A Novel by Percival Christopher Wren
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