lascar
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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
"I saved this pink muslin—it's real Indian, lascar lawn, fine as cobweb—for you, Alice," she said.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various
The enclosure at the far end of the palisade was for the Malay and lascar crew and there also were quarters for Bududreen and the Malay second mate.
From The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
It was not until he made his way to the bows and stood upon the mast thwart that he saw the craft which the lascar had indicated.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
"Due east, mutli," ordered Mostyn, having signed to the lascar to come aft.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
