hircarrah

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Noun

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hircarrah (plural hircarrahs)

  1. Alternative form of harkara
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 233:
      The mob then attacked and maltreated the bearers and hircarrahs that were in attendance, waiting for their masters, demolishing every palankeen they could lay hands upon.