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

From the lascar he had learned all that he ever knew of the motives of the Gujarati's action.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert

"Due east, mutli," ordered Mostyn, having signed to the lascar to come aft.

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

"Tuan!" the lascar at last murmured softly, meaning to let the white man know that he could not see to steer.

From The End of the Tether by Conrad, Joseph

It was necessary to put the lascar aside, gently and slowly, because it was necessary to save the boats, and, further, to demonstrate the extreme ease of the problem that looked so difficult.

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