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dak bungalow

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noun

  1. (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Leaving his baggage at the dak bungalow, he strolled afoot to the large and handsome mansion indicated.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick

For the first time it is cool enough to sleep without the services of the punkah-wallah, and not a soul remains about the dak bungalow after nightfall.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

The breeding-season lasts from March to June, and some birds at any rate must have two broods, since I found three fresh eggs in the wall of the Pownda dak bungalow about the 20th June.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

Hermann Heideck lived in a dak bungalow, one of those hotels kept going by the Government, which afford travellers shelter, but neither bed nor food.

From The Coming Conquest of England by Niemann, August

The wild jungle encroaches on the village, and the dak bungalow occupies an isolated position at one end.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

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