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autowallah

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English

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Etymology

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From auto- +‎ wallah.

Noun

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autowallah (plural autowallahs)

  1. (India) driver, chauffeur (especially of an autorickshaw)
    • 2016 May 29, “It’s bhangra and bhaichara for Africans in Punjab”, in The Times of India[1]:
      "I have hired an autowallah, Kulwinder Singh, to drop me to college every day," he says.