serai

Example Sentences

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"And you took up your abode in the serai of Gopal Ali by the Moti Bazar."

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

We ruined ourselves in Paris—that’s partly accountable for mamma’s solemnity—mais au moins je serai belle! 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry

He went back to the serai and dismissed the coolie.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

It is simply, excellent one, that while I am absent fighting the English, thou wilt set a guard over the little serai where we dwell.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

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