serai

Example Sentences

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And next day, in the serai where he had put up in Peshawar, Ahmed learnt from Sherdil that his name stood thirty-second on the list of candidates for the Guides.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

No doubt most of them would be younger sons or elder sons who had not yet succeeded, but ... "j'y serai," murmured Dorothy.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

Similarly for the repairs of serais a sum of rupees 100 per annum for each serai will be given.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

Evidently, too, a stout serai, or inn, a square building surrounding a quadrangle set apart for the lodgment of camels and merchandise was regarded as a stronghold.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis

Swinging his horse around, he rode straight at serai and battery.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis