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darwaza band

darwaza band is the alternative form of darwaza bund.

Meaning of darwaza bund

Phrase

darwaza bund

  1. (India, archaic) Not at home; currently unwilling to receive visitors into one's house.
    • “The young of both species are horrible. You would have scores of them in your salon.” “I would not!” said Mrs. Hauksbee, fiercely. “I would tell the bearer to darwaza band them. I'd put their own colonels and commissioners at the door to turn them away.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 15

Questions about darwaza band

What is darwaza band the alternative form of?
Darwaza band is the alternative form of darwaza bund.

Words near darwaza band in the dictionary

  1. Darwak
  2. Darwall
  3. darwaysh
  4. darwayshes
  5. Darwaz
  6. darwaza band
  7. darwaza bund
  8. Darwen
  9. darwesh
  10. darweshes
  11. darwin

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