Hindoostani
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I hurried on in much anxiety, as my wife did not speak Hindoostani, and neither ayah nor bearers spoke English.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
Another man, whom he called as a witness, spoke good Hindoostani, and on my enquiring where he learned it, he said he was a Manipuri from Sylhet.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
Like his father, he could speak Hindoostani, but both were ignorant of English.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
On the third occasion he returned, with a bullet-graze on his knee, swearing strange oaths in Hindoostani, and saying that all things were ready.
From Indian Tales by Kipling, Rudyard
No difference can be more marked than between the Hindoostani and the Malay.
From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Keppel, Henry
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