Adjective : punkah ropes. From Dictionary.com.
In British India they used to have natives called punkah wallahs, who would pull on ropes that swung a large ceiling fan. From Wordnik.com. [GREENIE WATCH] Reference
A punkah is kept constantly going. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither] Reference
The latter did the honours of the place and showed us the only 'punkah' at that time known to the West African coast. From Wordnik.com. [To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I] Reference
A punkah, lazily flapping, shook dust into the tepid air. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
Sitting there under the damned punkah, signing one chit after another. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
In the hot weather a boy sits outside and pulls the punkah to and fro with. From Wordnik.com. [Highroads of Geography] Reference
She thought regretfully of a punkah, and then smiled derisively at herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
The air had gone very stagnant; for some reason the punkah had stopped working. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
After that, it was nothing, we merely hauled the punkah up and tied it in place. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent's Shadow]
For the third time he went to the doorway, seeking a slave to pull the punkah cord. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
The invisible chokra who pulled the punkah rope outside was falling asleep in the glare. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
After dinner, under the punkah in the drawing-room, Elizabeth and her aunt had a talk together. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
"Your punkah-wallah confessed how you wrote your cyphers with the aid of a book," sneers the Akali. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
Your punkah-wallah spoke under persuasion … in unspeakable pain, which I trust you will spare yourself. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]
Your punkah-wallah spoke under persuasion ... in unspeakable pain, which I trust you will spare yourself. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
The congregation sat under one punkah and the Resident under another, both being worked by bigoted Mohammedans!. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
Then we shall open the vents a little more - your punkah-wallah cooked slowly, for many hours - did he not, Jan?. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
Then we shall open the vents a little more — your punkah-wallah cooked slowly, for many hours — did he not, Jan?. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]
The fountain sang in the corner, and as soon as she sat down in her chair, the punkah stirred up a delicious breeze. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent's Shadow]
His native servant kept the punkah moving by tugging on a string, while Clare Wall trimmed the Captain's fingernails. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Fortress]
Above the dining-table was a large punkah, which was kept in constant motion during dinner by two young grinning black girls. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Afterwards, though, when we lay beneath the punkah, drowsing and drinking, there wasn't a scrap of news to be got out of her. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
Mrs Lackersteen was sitting, as usual, in the best place under the punkah, and was reading the Civil List, the Debrett of Burma. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
The string worked a punkah on the other side of the green door, where the so-called private office was, and where old Hudig — the. From Wordnik.com. [Almayer's Folly] Reference
One policeman has brought us fresh cocoa-nut milk, another sits outside pulling a small punkah, and two more have mounted guard over us. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
He cast his eyes up to the punkah and that was all. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Line; a confession] Reference
When I told him about it, he designed a wooden punkah. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
A great white punkah was lazily vibrating over the heavy rosewood table. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines] Reference
The punkah-coolies who pull the punkahs day and night came to know Garin intimately. From Wordnik.com. [Actions and Reactions] Reference
He discovered, too, that it was a good thing to lie in the wave of air under the punkah. From Wordnik.com. [Actions and Reactions] Reference
Between them a waggling punkah fanned twenty cane-bottomed chairs and two rows of shiny plates. From Wordnik.com. [Falk] Reference
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