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kala juggah

kala juggah noun: a "dark corner" or out-of-the-way area in a bar, dance-hall, etc., used for flirtation.

Noun

kala juggah (plural kala juggahs)

  1. (India, historical) A "dark corner" or out-of-the-way area in a bar, dance-hall, etc., used for flirtation.
    • “Your salon would suit their views admirably, if you respected the religious prejudices of the country and provided plenty of kala juggahs.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 17
    • The magic of those minutes in the kala juggah, when she had sat with her little hand in his, came back to him. He made up his mind to see a lot more of Sheilagh when he got back.2014, John Gerrard Hennessy, Ann Hennessy, Solfatara: A Story of the British Indian Frontier, page 23

Forms of kala juggah

pluralkala juggahs
alternative formkala jagah

Questions about kala juggah

What does kala juggah mean?
Kala juggah means a "dark corner" or out-of-the-way area in a bar, dance-hall, etc., used for flirtation.
What part of speech is kala juggah?
Kala juggah is a noun.
What is the plural of kala juggah?
The plural of kala juggah is kala juggahs.

Words near kala juggah in the dictionary

  1. Kal.
  2. Kala
  3. kala azar
  4. kala jagah
  5. kala jagahs
  6. kala juggah
  7. kala juggahs
  8. Kala Kato
  9. Kala Lagaw Ya
  10. kala namak
  11. kala-azar

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