jaunn.
/dʒɔːn/ East India.
In Calcutta (now Kolkata): a small palanquin carriage, carried on two horizontal poles by bearers.
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1851 H. M. Parker Bole Ponjis II. 215 Who did not know that Office Jaun of pale Pomona green?
1882 Calcutta Englishman 2 Dec. 4/3 A..very roomy Office Jaun, very comfortable and easy running.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Jaun,..a term used in Calcutta, and occasionally in Madras,..applied to a small palankin carriage, such as is commonly used by business men in going to their offices, &c.
1893 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 499 An occasional run in an office Jaun to the Customhouse.
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