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But he could not sit there in that ridiculous palankeen affair and argue with a man who stood with his head thrust between the curtains; he must get up and dress.

From Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Prout, Victor

Now, Regina, you can shut your eyes and imagine you are riding in a palankeen, as the Hindustanee ladies do when they go out for fresh air.

From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

Most of the hadjys were mounted in the Shebrye, a sort of palankeen placed upon the camel.

From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis

The physician obeyed; and putting his poor maimed wife in a palankeen, he set forward upon the road with all his family.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William

His horse, palankeen, desk, clothes, and all the superfluous clothing and utensils, which the sipahees had thrown off preparatory to the attack fell into the hands of the assailants.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William