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"Wallah" Quotes from Famous Books

... at eight p.m. and, at half-past two, had only reached the ninth act. In spite of each of us having a punkah-wallah at our backs, the heat was unbearable. We had reached the limits of our endurance, and tried to excuse ourselves. This led to general disturbance, on the stage as well as in the auditorium. The airy chariot, on which the wicked king Ravana was carrying Sita away, paused in the air. The king of the ...

— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan • Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

... "Wallah! is that all she could tell of her story in half an hour?—There's not a woman in my harem who would not say ...

— The Pacha of Many Tales • Captain Frederick Marryat

... satellites, which have us for the focus of their orbit, and which cannot be left out of a comprehensive account of our system. Whence, for example, is that raucus stridulation which sets every tooth on edge and sends a rheumatic shiver up my spine? "It is only the Kalai-wallah," says the boy, and points to a muscular black man, very nearly in the garb of a Grecian athlete, standing with both feet in one of my largest cooking pots. He grasps a post with both hands, and swings his whole frame fiercely from side to side ...

— Behind the Bungalow • EHA

Words linked to "Wallah" : Republic of India, Bharat, India, worker