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bangy, banghy India.|ˈbaŋgɪ|
[ad. Hind. bahangī, Marathi bangī (Skr. vihaṃgika).]
A yoke for carrying loads; such a yoke with its pair of baskets or boxes; hence, parcel post.
1789R. Broome Lett. Simpkin the Second 21 I'll give them Two Thousand, with Bangies and Coolies. 1809Visct. Valentia Voy. & Trav. India I. 67 We take.., in six bangys, sufficient changes of linen. 1810T. Williamson E. India Vade-Mecum I. 325 The bangy-wollah, that is, the bearer who carries the bangy. 1837T. Bacon First Impr. Hindostan II. vii. 218 A weighty banghi-load of provisions. 1840Narr. Three Months' March India vii. 200 Hindoos carrying small baskets..in bangy-fashion. 1842G. Arthur Let. 27 Oct. in Ld. Ellenborough Ind. Adminstr. (1874) 221, I will forward with this, by bhangy dâk, a copy of [a book]. |