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palki gari

palki gari is the alternative form of palkigari.

Meaning of palkigari

Noun

palkigari (plural palkigaris)

  1. (India) A carriage or cart considered similar-looking to a palanquin, particularly (historical) those instituted for regular service between major towns in British India in the 1840s.
    • Once, during the last campaign we were in a great strait, to get up to Lahore from Allahabad, and, on applying one afternoon at the Post Office for a horsed palkee-garee we were informed, "that Major A. had engaged it with Captain B."—"Then, early to-morrow morning, could we have it?"—"No, it would...1850 March, “Journeys in India”, in The Benares Magazine, volume III, number III, page 231
    Synonyms:
    palkee carriage, gharry

Forms of palki gari

pluralpalki garis

Questions about palki gari

What is palki gari the alternative form of?
Palki gari is the alternative form of palkigari.

Words near palki gari in the dictionary

  1. palkee-garees
  2. palkee-garries
  3. palkee-garry
  4. palkees
  5. palki
  6. palki gari
  7. palki garis
  8. palkigari
  9. palkigharries
  10. palkigharry
  11. palkis

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