Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The camel.
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- noun India A
camel , especially an attractive camel
Etymologies
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Examples
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He and his best camel and its driver were gone, but all his people and servants and _oont-wallahs_ [27] were in the _serai_, [28] and said they knew not where he was, but had received a _hookum_ [29] over-night to set out that day for Mekran Kot.
Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913
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Picking up his big, green turban from beside his rug, I bound his arms to his sides and then, going forth, got baggage-cords from the _oont-wallah_ and likewise his _puggri_, and Moussa Isa bound his feet and hands and knees.
Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913
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And in the morning came Abdul Haq and Hussein Ali and the servants and _oont-wallahs_, save a few who had been sent with laden camels by the Caravan Road.
Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913
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O the oont, O the oont, O the floatin ', bloatin' oont!
Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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O the oont, O the oont, O the floppin ', droppin' oont!
Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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O the oont, O the oont, O the floatin ', bloatin' oont!
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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O the oont, O the oont, O the floppin ', droppin' oont!
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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O the oont, O the oont, O the floppin ', droppin' oont!
Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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O the oont, O the oont, O the floatin ', bloatin' oont!
Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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O the oont, 1 O the oont, O the commissariat oont!
Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
she commented on the word oont
Anglo-Indian & Austral. colloq. n. Camel.
August 4, 2008
bilby commented on the word oont
In the Australian sense it's from the so-called 'Afghans', cameleers imported with their animals to assist in moving goods across the desert. These cameleers were generally Pashtun-speaking so there's a clue to the origins.
August 21, 2008