darwaza bund

English

Etymology

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Phrase

darwaza bund

  1. (India, archaic) Not at home; currently unwilling to receive visitors into one's house.

Alternative forms

References
  • Henry Yule; Arthur Coke Burnell (1903) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases
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