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Punkah

noun
1.
A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling; used in India for circulating air in a room.





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"Punkah" Quotes from Famous Books



... Board, and the discomfort of a voyage first class — British types — Reflections on the Deck and on the Sea — of Sky, and People, and of things in general. A P. & O. yarn, Old Junk, or Chestnut. Respectability and Art. It gets warm — The Punkah Infliction. Egypt in Sight, and the ...
— From Edinburgh to India & Burmah • William G. Burn Murdoch
... them into a room where nothing was in evidence save a punkah, a giant porcelain stove, a huge desk and chair, and a monster man. Cornelius was fleshy to enormity. He was very like a mammoth but benevolent spider. Wealthy as he was fat, while many men had cursed him, many more had blessed him. His business interests ...
— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle


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