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- noun Alternative spelling of
firangi .
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Examples
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Cossimbazar, and was going to drive all the Firangi out of Bengal.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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"If the Firangi get into the fort, we shall all be murdered."
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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Firangi in the service of the Nawab, and was conveying part of the
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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And it appeared afterwards that during the night the Biluchis had recounted many fabulous incidents, all tending to show that the sahib was a very important as well as a very ingenious Firangi, so that this reputation, coupled with an offer of good pay, overcame any scruples the men might retain.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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Marathas, and, their fear of the Gujarati outweighing their inevitable distrust of him as a Firangi, they betrayed him to curry a little favor, there was no doubt that the fate both of himself and the Babu would instantly be decided.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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We know what these Firangi are like -- at least the Angrezi
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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Desmond asked himself the question without much interest, and was again allowing his thoughts to rove when he caught the word "sahib," and then the word "Firangi" somewhat loudly spoken.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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"You have learnt our tongue, Firangi {originally applied by the natives to the Portuguese, then to any European} boy?" he said.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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He plunged at him like a bull, shouting that he would deal with the pig of a Firangi as he had dealt with the sentinel at Gheria.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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