The other Chamars call the Satnamis Jharia or 'jungly', which implies that they are the oldest residents in Chhattisgarh. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
At last we were at the foot of the pass, and the end of our march was all uphill, steep in places, the scrub turning into respectable bushes, with almost a "jungly" aspect. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
The jungly forest beyond the town showed signs of scorching. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
And you know how stuff grows there -- big, and juicy, and jungly. From Wordnik.com. [A RELIC OF THE PLIOCENE] Reference
Islands are covered with moderate sized grasses; extreme banks jungly. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
It may just be my laptop speakers, but the drums don't seem all that jungly. From Wordnik.com. [TN-SEN: Corker Radio Ad Has "Jungle Drums" During Mentions Of Ford] Reference
She was standing bare-legged in the jungly weeds that grew up between our houses. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
They used a jungly sound on one song; it was strange to hear it in a song context. From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet » Cornish for Jungle] Reference
They came presently to a very jungly village on a hilltop; they never learned its name. From Wordnik.com. [A Town Like Alice]
You get close to nature at this 13-room hilltop hideaway in the jungly interior of Vieques. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report: Hidden Caribbean] Reference
They're situated in coves, protected from the Pacific Ocean by steep, rocky, and jungly hillsides. From Wordnik.com. [Off the beaten path: beaches on Mexico"s Pacific Coast] Reference
For the first few days I had had one of the dumbest girls in Fiji to do my room, a very jungly type. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
We'd just come through a jungly strip, and behind it the doab lay flat as a flagstone to the horizon. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
This is a wretched village; barren plains bounded to the east by barren rather elevated hills; base jungly. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
You can also hike there in 15 minutes, following a trail over the jungly hill that separates the two beaches. From Wordnik.com. [Off the beaten path: beaches on Mexico"s Pacific Coast] Reference
The wall was not set with glass or wire, and certainly there would be no watch-dog in that jungly front garden. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
There was a jungly, Africa-like stillness and torpor; farm animals wandered across the potholed road, and young men idled everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Where Europe Vanishes] Reference
But in M'Banza Congo, it is the government which has been pushed some three km (two miles) outside the town into the green jungly hills. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A mile of easy walking brought us to the rough jungly cliffs, seamed with transverse nullahs, narrow and steep, which bordered the river. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
After a few hours of dusty towns and stretches of patched highway lined with brown shrubbery, we headed into wondrous jungly countryside. From Wordnik.com. [Cancun To Oaxaca - The Bus Ride Of 27 Pedicures] Reference
As for the Zapatistas, they really weren't interested in extending their domain outside their jungly and mountainous home state of Morelos. From Wordnik.com. [The Mexican Revolution: a nation in flux - part 2] Reference
Dhakars refuse to marry or eat with them, and it is clear from the custom of thatching the Raja's hut that they are a primitive and jungly branch of the caste. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Mr. Felle another, close by, both on the slope of a steep hill, surrounded by jungly valleys. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
Travel by a stream is sometimes jungly; but in the mountains, ranches and cabins are located beside streams. From Wordnik.com. [Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies] Reference
The place where he will try to stop us is a rough jungly bit about half-way -- one of the disputed boundary districts. From Wordnik.com. [The Path to Honour] Reference
They may perhaps ward off the bushes from the eyes of the animal, as it rushes through the thick cover of its jungly retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys] Reference
Now the trail entered another jungly forest, and it certainly led down instead of up, as if indeed they had crossed the divide. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Seekers of '49] Reference
She picked up the shovel and went off down the jungly path, herself the ugliest object in the Cove, where she had created so much beauty. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranch at the Wolverine] Reference
Central Provinces there is a subcaste called Jharia or jungly, a term applied to the oldest residents, who are considered to have lapsed in. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)] Reference
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