Bengalese
Americanadjective
noun
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Origin of Bengalese
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A Bengalese exception who thrives on milk, marriage, mathematics.
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A new favorite of Jan's dad, who's very particular when it comes to comfort, is our hand-rubbed rhino-skin Royal Bengalese Club Chair.
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Of the 46 million Bengalese, not 10% voluntarily supported the movement; while an insignificant but dangerous section of the population thought non-coöperation the mildest and most absurd of protests.
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Their only arms are spears: but they use iron-shod implements of agriculture, which the Bengalese often do not.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
A Bengalese term; originally a thatched or tiled house or cottage, single story, usually surrounded by a veranda.
From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by Zerbe, James Slough
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