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

"Tuan!" the lascar at last murmured softly, meaning to let the white man know that he could not see to steer.

From The End of the Tether by Conrad, Joseph

The Malay and lascar crew divided their time between watch duty on board the Ithaca, policing the camp, and cultivating a little patch of clearing just south of their own campong.

From The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"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)

The plunge of the lead with the mournful, mechanical cry of the lascar came at longer and longer intervals; and the men on her bridge seemed to hold their breath.

From The End of the Tether by Conrad, Joseph