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

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

"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

"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