lascar

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While writing Sea of Poppies, he scoured old dictionaries and almanacs and filled the novel with dizzying dialogues incorporating bastardized Hindustani and lascar words that he claims entered common English parlance in the 19th century.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was not until he made his way to the bows and stood upon the mast thwart that he saw the craft which the lascar had indicated.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

At last the lascar rose and floundered through the mud toward the village, but he was careful to leave an ally to watch the boats.

From Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II by Kipling, Rudyard

In this complaisant state of mind he was addressed by the lascar at the helm.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Each lascar has a smooth flat stick like a ruler, and as he deposits his mail-bag on a long bench over the hold, he gives up his stick to a man standing by.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert