Sentence example with the word 'punkah'

punkah

Definition n. a large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling

Last update: September 17, 2015


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Most aggravating circumstance of all, perhaps, was that the movement of the punkah flickered his papers away whenever he removed a weight.   [Please select]

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The man at the punkah had fallen asleep, but he did not bother to waken him.   [Please select]

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Sita Ram held it by two corners under the draughty punkah while Samson traced the boundaries with his finger.   [Please select]

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All is ready for the tired traveler, and a boy can be hired for a trifling sum to make the punkah "punk."   [Please select]

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Long, dreary days beneath the punkah in a closed bungalow which has ceased to be enlivened by the voices of the children and the patter of their little feet.   [Please select]

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And Colonel Kirby hoped it was the punkah, and not funk, that made the sweat stream down his neck until his collar was a mere uncomfortable mess.   [Please select]

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