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puttywalla
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English
Etymology
From Hindi [Term?] (literally “one with a belt”); see puttee, wallah.
Noun
puttywalla (plural puttywallas)
- (India, historical) A messenger or orderly attached to an office, and bearing a belt and brass badge.
Alternative forms
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “puttywalla”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
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