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budgerow Anglo-Indian.|ˈbʌdʒərəʊ|
Also 8–9 budgero.
[a. Hindī or Bengālī bajrā.]
‘A lumbering keelless barge, formerly much used by Europeans travelling on the Ganges’ (Col. Yule).
[c1570tr. Cesare Federici in Hakl. II. 358 (Y.) Their barkes be light and armed with oares..and they call these barkes Bazaras and Patuas [in Bengal]. ]1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. II. xxxiii. 12 In their Budgeroes, which is a convenient Boat, that goes swiftly with the Force of Oars. 1781Hodges 39 (Y.) The budgerows, which both sail and row. 1834H. Caunter Scenes in Ind. 249 Our papers..we happened luckily to have on board the budgerow. |