budmash

English

Noun

budmash (plural budmashes)

1. (India) Alternative spelling of badmash
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Story of Muhammad Din”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2004, page 194:

     ‘His name,’ said Imam Din, as though the name were part of the crime, ‘is Muhammad Din, and he is a budmash.’