jampan
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of jampan
C19: from Bengali jhāmpān
Example Sentences
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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
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
They stopped the jampan and appealed to her, but she could not understand a word they said.
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
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
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