pardah
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She broke pardah once, sahib, designing to expiate her shame when she had seen justice done, but death and justice were alike denied her.
From The Path to Honour by Grier, Sydney C.
Henceforth the mother of Partab Singh Rajah's son is no longer pardah, but lives for vengeance the few hours that remain to her.
From The Path to Honour by Grier, Sydney C.
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