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

But a yelling spirit of excitement, like some frantic soul wandering unsuspected in the vast stillness of the coast, had seized upon the body of the lascar at the lead.

From The End of the Tether by Conrad, Joseph

Save for his ardent eyes and the handsome fanatical face of the man, he might have passed for a lascar.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax

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

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

According to custom, the lascar crew turned out gorgeous in crimson-and-gold scarfs, spotless white robes, and embroidered turbans, very different from their dingy working garb.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf