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| A '''gharry''' or '''gharri''' is a horse-drawn ] used especially in ]. A palkee gharry is shaped somewhat like a ]. A gharry driver is a gharry-wallah. | A '''gharry''' or '''gharri''' is a horse-drawn ] used especially in ]. A palkee gharry is shaped somewhat like a ]. A gharry driver is a gharry-wallah. | ||
| Joseph Conrad writes about a gharry-wallah in Lord Jim; "He reached for the gharry-wallah with vicious flourishes of a fist as dumpy and red as a lump of raw meat. He roared at him to be off, to go on. Where? Into the Pacific, perhaps. | |||
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A gharry or gharri is a horse-drawn cab used especially in India. A palkee gharry is shaped somewhat like a palanquin. A gharry driver is a gharry-wallah.
Joseph Conrad writes about a gharry-wallah in Lord Jim; "He reached for the gharry-wallah with vicious flourishes of a fist as dumpy and red as a lump of raw meat. He roared at him to be off, to go on. Where? Into the Pacific, perhaps.
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