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palankeen

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Noun

palankeen (plural palankeens)

  1. Archaic form of palanquin.
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 92:
      At half-past seven Mr Dawson and I got into our palankeens to go to the governor's gardens.

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