(India) A person who sells or hires out tents, mostly for weddings and parties.
(India) A person who sells or hires out tents, mostly for weddings and parties.
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(India) The operator of a tonga .
A historical Anglo-Indian term for the driver or operator of a tonga — a light two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used as public transport in colonial India. Like 'compass wallah', it combines a specific noun with the Hindi '-wallah' suffix denoting the person associated with that thing.
(India) A milkman or milkwoman.
(India) A large, ornate tent or pavilion; a marquee.
(India, historical, colloquial) A surveyor.