单词 | paanwallah |
释义 | paanwallahn. South Asian. A person who sells paan (and sometimes other refreshments). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things soaper?c1225 oilman1275 smear-monger1297 upholder1333 basket-seller?1518 broom-seller?1518 upholster1554 rod-woman1602 starchwoman1604 pin manc1680 colour seller1685 potato-woman1697 printseller1700 rag-seller1700 Greenwich barber1785 sandboy1821 iceman1834 umbrella man1851 fly-boy1861 snuff-boxera1871 pedlar1872 snake-boy1873 bric-a-brac man1876 tinwoman1884 resurrectionist1888 butch1891 paanwallah1955 1955 R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will xxvi. 186 He stopped at a pānwala's and..asked for a pān with cardamons and aniseed. 1969 Hindusthan Standard (Calcutta) 5 Aug. 2/4 As one waits..for the panwallah to stuff a betel leaf with hot or sweet masallah..and roll it into a shapely pan. 1995 M. Kesavan Looking through Glass 223 He bought a tin of Players from the paanwallah outside the Carlton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1955 |
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