lascar
Example Sentences
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While writing Sea of Poppies, he scoured old dictionaries and almanacs and filled the novel with dizzying dialogues incorporating bastardized Hindustani and lascar words that he claims entered common English parlance in the 19th century.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last the lascar rose and floundered through the mud toward the village, but he was careful to leave an ally to watch the boats.
From Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II by Kipling, Rudyard
The khansaman's florid cheeks again put on a sickly hue, and when the seeming lascar had gone a few paces he called him back.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
Then, having trimmed sheets, Mostyn took the tiller and ordered the lascar into the bows.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
"Take the wheel," ordered Peter, using the term instead of tiller, since the lascar was well acquainted with the word "wheel".
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
