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‖ duˈstoory East Ind.|dʌˈstʊərɪ|
Also 9 -ree, -ri, dasturi.
[a. Pers. and Urdū dastūrī what is customary, f. dastūr: see prec.]
A commission or perquisite by custom paid to or taken by an agent.
1681Fort St. Geo. Cons. 10 Jan. in Notes & Extracts iii. 45 (Y. Supp.) For the farme of Dustoory on cooley hire at Pagodas 20 per annum. a1826Heber Journ. Upper Prov. India (1844) I. 198. 1866 Trevelyan Dawk Bungalow 217 (Y.) Of all taxes small and great the heaviest is dustooree. 1886Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 2) 7 Roused his Secretariat to a fine Maratha fury, By a Hookum hinting at supervision of dasturi. 1909M. Diver Candles in Wind i, Is the zubbardusti' gentleman up there a toll-gate keeper that we should offer him dasturi? |