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PRONUNCIATION OF BOXWALLAH

boxwallah  [ˈbɒksˌwɒlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOXWALLAH

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exclamation
Boxwallah is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOXWALLAH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Boxwallah

Boxwallahs were small-scale travelling merchant peddlers in India. They were known as boxwallahs because of the large boxes in which they carried their merchandise, though the term has been known to be applied to any traveling peddler and also to people involved in business and commercial activities. Boxwallahs, the peddlers with boxes, were a common sight in the streets of Delhi and other north Indian cities from about 1865 to 1948. Boxwallah English was the commercial and trade English that Englishmen used when interacting with Indians during the British Raj. The Boxwallah is also the title of an ITV Playhouse TV film that aired on 31 July 1982 and starred Leo McKern and Rachel Kempson.

Definition of boxwallah in the English dictionary

The definition of boxwallah in the dictionary is an itinerant pedlar or salesman in India.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOXWALLAH


ayatollah
ˌaɪəˈtɒlə
chuckawalla
ˈtʃʌkəˌwɒlə
chuckwalla
ˈtʃʌkˌwɒlə
collar
ˈkɒlə
corolla
kəˈrɒlə
dollar
ˈdɒlə
dolor
ˈdɒlə
eurodollar
ˈjʊərəʊˌdɒlə
goller
ˈɡɒlə
holla
ˈhɒlə
holler
ˈhɒlə
olla
ˈɒlə
oller
ˈɒlə
pot-walloper
ˈpɒtˌwɒlə
potwaller
ˈpɒtˌwɒlə
scholar
ˈskɒlə
squalor
ˈskwɒlə
walla
ˈwɒlə
wallah
ˈwɒlə
Waller
ˈwɒlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOXWALLAH

boxer´s ear
boxercise
boxers
boxfish
boxful
Boxgrove man
boxhaul
boxily
boxiness
boxing
Boxing Day
boxing glove
boxing match
boxing ring
boxkeeper
boxlike
boxroom
boxthorn
boxwood
boxy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOXWALLAH

Abd Allah
Abdullah
Al Hillah
Allah
Bismillah
challah
fellah
Gullah
hallah
Hezbollah
Hizbollah
inshallah
mashallah
megillah
mollah
nullah
pallah
Ramallah
tefillah
zillah

Synonyms and antonyms of boxwallah in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «boxwallah» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOXWALLAH

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The translations of boxwallah from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «boxwallah» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

boxwallah
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

boxwallah
570 millions of speakers

English

boxwallah
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

boxwallah
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

boxwallah
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

boxwallah
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

boxwallah
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

boxwallah
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boxwallah
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boxwallah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

boxwallah
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

boxwallah
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

boxwallah
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Boxwallah
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

boxwallah
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

boxwallah
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉक्सवाल्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boxwallah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

boxwallah
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

boxwallah
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

boxwallah
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boxwallah
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

boxwallah
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boxwallah
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

boxwallah
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boxwallah
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boxwallah

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOXWALLAH»

The term «boxwallah» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOXWALLAH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boxwallah

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOXWALLAH»

Discover the use of boxwallah in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boxwallah and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Boxwallah and the Middleman
Amid The Flurry Of Stories Of The Rise And Fall Of Governments, The Power Games Of Politicians, The Reportage Of Murder And Mayhem, There Is A Special Space Reserved In A Newspaper Every Day.
Raj Chatterjee, 2008
2
The Leopard's Leap, a Story of Burm
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
. Boxwallah, 2012
3
An Eastern Backwater
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Boxwallah Boxwallah, 2010
4
An Eastern Backwater
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Boxwallah, 2013
5
The Leopard's Leap, a Story of Burm
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Boxwallah Boxwallah, 2011
6
Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal
After breakfast a “ boxwallah” makes his appearance; the boxwallah answers to the English pedlar of the pre-railway days, and carries on a brisk trade all over India, being met with alike in Calcutta and in the most out-of-the—Way stations in  ...
7
The United Service Magazine
If a certain sum were to be offered at once, and the purchase effected, the boxwallah would be very unhappy, thinking that with a little more obstinacy his profits, though now as large as he anticipated, would have been still greater. After tossing ...
8
Chambers's Journal
Visiting is all that a lady has to do, or can do, in India; unless we introduce the chickenwallah and boxwallah— two hawking tradesmen who pay daily visits to her between the hours of 9 and 12 an. Comprehensive and fluent as Ovid's ...
9
Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. ...
Visiting is all that a lady has to do, or can do, in India ; unless we introduce the chickenwallah and boxwallah — two hawking tradesmen who pay daily visits to her between the hours of 9 and l2 a.m. Comprehensive and fluent as Ovid's ...
Chambers's journal, 1862
10
Capital vignettes: a peep into Delhi's ethos
GOOD OLD BOXWALLAH The Boxwallah has become extinct in Delhi but there was a time when he made his presence known far and wide. Right from 1865 the Boxwallah was a prominent entity up to 1948, surviving in some pockers till the ...
Ronald Vivian Smith, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOXWALLAH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term boxwallah is used in the context of the following news items.
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War and teenage in Calicut
His grandfather Dhanjibhoy had arrived in Malabar in the 1850s, and quickly transformed from a sunken-cheeked boxwallah into the very ... «Livemint, Jun 15»
2
Corporate Espionage from Photocopying to Spying to Treason
He was a tough-as-nails boxwallah from the tea-gardens, and was dismissive of the efficacy of the clean-as-a-whistle boss, though he admired ... «Niticentral, Mar 15»
3
40 Years Ago...and now: The wheel turns full circle for Dunlop
... the city's prosperous boxwallah culture. The company's near-monopoly was shielded by high tariff walls, and it was able to cater to everything ... «Business Standard, Oct 14»
4
Delusions of grandeur
... with roots in the three Presidencies — Britain was always an imagined country constructed out of a curious blend of boxwallah experience, ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 14»
5
The statue to a pioneer
While he was an employee of the EAC, the notes about him and his colleagues appear to indicate that he was a boxwallah and/or a shipping ... «The Hindu, Sep 13»
6
A few snapshots from Calcutta. Circa 1960
A State disinherited by an uncaring Centre was further pauperised as boxwallah companies prepared to pack up and leave. The asset-stripping ... «Daily Pioneer, Aug 13»
7
Delhi Diary
... amid the bedlam that wraps one in a lasting warmth · Out-Of-The-Boxwallah | Alive with halftones of Empire, India took a slow hold of the British imagination. «Outlook, Apr 13»
8
A hand-me-down role in 'Anand' crowned Khanna's career
Bachchan had just landed in Mumbai a few years back, giving up his comfortable job (what we now call a boxwallah) with Byrd & Co, ... «Firstpost, Jul 12»
9
Does Kolkata still love Test cricket?
For the middle-level boxwallah, who does not respond to the email from the US client, there is always the Damocles at the weekly review ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Nov 11»
10
Aesthetics in violence
The white-collar “boxwallah” members of the CCFC and the plebeian Calcutta Police met on the same level-playing field; there were ... «Livemint, Oct 11»

REFERENCE
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