jampan
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of jampan
C19: from Bengali jhāmpān
Example Sentences
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Elma indeed looked a lovely creature when she came out of her room an hour or two later to show herself to her mother before she stepped into the hated jampan.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
One of the men on the inner side of the road stumbled up the bank, and, losing his balance, let go the pole, and the jampan heeled over.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
Elma's startled scream unnerved the other runners, who swerved and stumbled, and in a moment the jampan was overturned down the side of the kudd.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
"Didn't you ever feel nervous at first," Elma asked, "when you went out in a jampan on a dark night down a very steep road?"
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
Very slowly and laboriously they clambered back again to the road above; there was no sign of the jampannis, and the jampan itself had gone over the kudd and was no more to be seen.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
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