bandar log

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Etymology

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From Hindi बन्दर-लोग (bandar-log).

Noun

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bandar log (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A nation of monkeys; hence, (figurative) a group of chattering people. [from 19th c.]
    • 1895, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book:
      Men are blood-brothers of the Bandar-log.
    • 1917, Ian Hay, Carrying On:
      That is just what the Bandar Log overlook, when they jabber about the dreadful industrial upheaval that is coming with peace.
    • 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper, published 2013, page 2:
      When she got to where they were she turned her face on the bander log and spoke.

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