"What do you call the mahout Trousers for?" asked Ned. From Wordnik.com. [The Rajah of Dah] Reference
The mahout is the fellow that sits on the elephant's neck and conducts him. From Wordnik.com. [Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East] Reference
Its scarlet howdah was empty; its trappings were scarlet; the mahout was a Shan. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma] Reference
(noun) A mahout is a person who drives an elephant. From Wordnik.com. [Griffin And Hoxie Mega Feed] Reference
His 'mahout' tried to stop him, and he killed the mahout. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated] Reference
First came the elephant, very lazy and stately -- gorgeously caparisoned now, with a gaily attired "mahout" upon his neck. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
First came the elephant, very lazy and stately – gorgeously caparisoned now, with a gaily attired "mahout" upon his neck. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
He's the only kind of mahout who ever gets pay for himself. ". From Wordnik.com. [Son of Power] Reference
The next elephant up, someone picked off the mahout. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
On the neck of the elephant the mahout had been seated. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
“They're not trained to do that!” said one mahout, aghast. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Directed by the mahout behind me, Kham ambled into the forest. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the World From on High] Reference
Hard by the mahout was cooking his dinner under a tamarind-tree. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The mahout was here among friends, and the salutations were numerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
Somwang, her mahout, reportedly admitted that he fed her amphetamines. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers For An Elephant] Reference
An elephant, from some motive of revenge, killed his mahout, or driver. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
As he cut, the mahout prodded Hongchang with a stick and grunted at her. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in Laos] Reference
Then the mahout drew out an extra chapatie he had hidden in his clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
His brother works as its mahout, a typical division of labor in rural Laos. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in Laos] Reference
The mahout carefully looped the chain around her hind legs and stepped back. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in Laos] Reference
This was seen to be fair and the mahout had to get off; then the fight began. From Wordnik.com. [Folklore of the Santal Parganas] Reference
And the mahout passed into his hut with a shiver that told of the coming ague. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
It was wonderful to see how gently he could play with the little brown baby of the mahout. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
A mahout bathes his elephant in the river Yamuna on a hot day in New Delhi, April 16, 2010. From Wordnik.com. [Mercury Rising in India] Reference
Then the mahout, weak as he was, helped them off, and set about washing the dark red stains away. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
His mahout sat weeping on his neck; his wounded eyes, dropping bloody serum, seemed to be weeping too. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
Manan Vatsyayana/AFP A mahout bathes his elephant in the river Yamuna on a hot day in New Delhi, April 16, 2010. From Wordnik.com. [Mercury Rising in India] Reference
Optional activities include a city tour, a handicrafts workshop, and an elephant camp where you can try being a mahout. From Wordnik.com. [All Aboard] Reference
Luke Duggleby for The Wall Street Journal A mahout, or driver, rides his grand old bull elephant through a Laos forest. From Wordnik.com. [Checkup Time] Reference
"Fairy tales," says a soldier, and the mahout says: "Like the one about the man who, having died, rose on the third day.". From Wordnik.com. [The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago] Reference
She bent her knee to receive me; I grasped her ear, and managed to fumble onto her neck only because a mahout pushed me up. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the World From on High] Reference
Elefantasia Elefantasia offers donors opportunities that range from "adopting" a baby elephant to supporting a mahout family. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in Laos] Reference
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