keddah
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then the animals began a wild descent squarely toward the mouth of the keddah.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various
Huzoor, the keddah sahib has his name in our land, the Land of the Five Rivers.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
The government keddah establishment from Dacca captures large numbers of elephants in the province, and the right of hunting is also sold by auction to private bidders.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Finnerty is the government keddah sahib here, and I'm going to ask his help in giving you some sport, Gilfain.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
Like the keddah elephant-catching operations in India, this plan was feasible only in a partially wooded country, and where buffalo were so numerous that their presence could be counted upon to a certainty.
From The Extermination of the American Bison by Hornaday, William Temple
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