bundobust

The Assamee receives, on the day of making his _bundobust_, or settlement, three rupees advance on each biggah he contracts for, another rupee per biggah when the crop is fit to weed, and the remaining two rupees at the ensuing settlement of accounts.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

The first advance is made on the completion of the agreement or bundobust, and this takes place in September and October.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

Alas! our camel was still behind us, and never turned up: that was a wretched piece of _bundobust_.

In the Tail of the Peacock Isabel Savory

He was proud of his faculty of organization -- what we call bundobust.

Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900

And he says: 'At the end of five years, by this new bundobust, I must go.

Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900

But if the new bundobust says for FIFTEEN years, then it is good and wise.

Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900

William Beresford, the Military Secretary, a prince of organisers, at once took possession of the telegraph wires, and in two hours his arrangements were complete -- or as an Anglo-Indian would put it, "he had made his bundobust."

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

Baboo Durbege Sing frequently before desired that gentleman to show his resentment against the people who owed balances, that the balances might be collected, and to give ease to his mind for the present year, conformably to the requests signed by the presence, that he might complete the _bundobust_.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

Police make heavy bundobust at the railway station ...

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: then with our _bundobust_ complete, and a letter of introduction from Sir

In the Tail of the Peacock Isabel Savory