Bengalee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Your Bengalee mounts defences of tattees and punkahs that cool down a hot wind, or whistle air into presence in a trice.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
In Debendra the Babu paints successfully the "young Bengalee" of the present day, corrupted rather than elevated by his educational enlightenment.
From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Knight, Miriam S.
Had I discoursed to her in Bengalee she would have comprehended me no more imperfectly.
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion
But what will surprise you most is—that, although a child of pure English blood, she speaks very little English; but more Bengalee than perhaps you will find it convenient to construe.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
A Bengalee gentleman enjoys ordinary hotel fare with apparently none to interfere with his liberties.
From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)
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