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durwaza bund

durwaza bund 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 durwaza bund

What is durwaza bund the alternative form of?
Durwaza bund is the alternative form of darwaza bund.

Words near durwaza bund in the dictionary

  1. durving
  2. durwan
  3. durwans
  4. durwaun
  5. durwauns
  6. durwaza bund
  7. Durweston
  8. Dury
  9. Duryea
  10. Duryeas
  11. durylic

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