palkigharry

English

A palkigari beside a bridge in Kolkata (1915)

Noun

palkigharry (plural palkigharries)

1. (India) Alternative form of palkigari.
   • 1878, George Graham, Life in the Mofussil..., page 36:

     The Governor-General's carriage... may be jostled by the hired ‘palkigharry,’ with its two wretched ponies, rope harness, nearly naked driver, and wheels whose sinuous motions impress one with the idea that they must come off at the next revolution.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “palkee-garry”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].