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Little Gulāb threw off his stuffed and quilted vest, and got a good dry English blanket to wrap round him from the palankeen.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
The palankeen is supported on the shoulders of four bearers at once,—two having the front pole attached to the vehicle, and two supporting the pole behind.
From Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society by William Crooke
They set out immediately, leaving all their armed followers in their camps, and taking only a few personal attendants and palankeen bearers.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
Well, her highness will be, as usual, in her palankeen slung between two mules.
From Tales of Destiny by Edmund Mitchell
He mounted his horse and rode by the side of her palankeen, with a pair of pistols in his holsters, and a good sword by his side.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
