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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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"Then my brother called Suleiman Abdulla the _oont-wallah_, and bade
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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"'It is he,' said my brother, and within the hour we beheld the little bush-tent of Ibrahim Mahmud (made with cloths thrown over a bent bush) and his camel, near to which, his _oont-wallah_ Suleiman Abdulla had kindled a fire and prepared food.
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
chained_bear commented on the word oont-wallah
A camel-driver. (See also oont-surwar, camel-rider.)
Usage: 1902 Chambers's Jrnl. July 431/1 "To judge from the selection of pillage, some one conversant with the interior economy of the caravan was involved, and it was significant that a number of the oont-wallahs (camel-drivers) were missing."
February 14, 2007