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puncture-wallahs

puncture-wallahs is the plural of puncture-wallah.

Meaning of puncture-wallah

Noun

puncture-wallah (plural puncture-wallahs)

  1. (India) A person who repairs punctured tyres.
    • […] by the simple ploy of knocking on the door of his unsuspecting friend just when he was about to doze off for the post-prandial siesta, soliciting a paltry half-rupee to pay the puncture-wallah.1993, Sainik Samachar, volume 40, page 11

Questions about puncture-wallahs

What is puncture-wallahs the plural of?
Puncture-wallahs is the plural of puncture-wallah.

Words near puncture-wallahs in the dictionary

  1. puncturations
  2. puncture
  3. puncture vine
  4. puncture vines
  5. puncture-wallah
  6. puncture-wallahs
  7. punctured
  8. punctured interval
  9. punctured intervals
  10. punctured neighborhood
  11. punctured neighborhoods

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