keddah
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Huzoor, the keddah sahib has his name in our land, the Land of the Five Rivers.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
Sanderson once had a narrow escape from death while on the back of a tame elephant inside a keddah, attempting to secure a wild female.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple
There takes place in the keddah, or pen of capture, a mighty struggle between the giant strength of the captive and the ingenuity of man, ably seconded by a few powerful tame elephants.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple
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
They knew nothing of its whereabouts; all denied that they had seen the keddah sahib put it in the box.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
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