10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUMMALO»
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Eating Your Words: 2000 Words to Tease Your Taste Buds
Bombay duck > the bummalo (fish), especially when dried and eaten as an
accompaniment to curry. -ORIGIN alteration of BUMMALO by association with
Bombay, India, from which bummalo were exported. bombe /bam(b)/ > a frozen ...
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The Adventurous Cook: Recipes From Out Of the Way Places
15 red ripe chilies, seeds removed 1 sliced onion 2 bummalo fish Lime or lemon
Sugar Salt for frying Cut up the chilies, fry them with the onions and bummalo fish
until the onion has softened. Pound them as finely as possible, mix with lime or ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
alteration of BUMMALO by association with BOMBAY (Mumbai) in India, from
which bummalo were exported; the reason for the use of the term duck is
unknown. Bombay mix 7noun [mass noun] an Indian-style spiced snack
consisting of lentils ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
See bummalo bumbaze bum-ba:', (Scot) vt to perplex, bamboozle. [Origin
obscure) bumbershoot bum bar-shoot, (US facetious) n an umbrella. [Alteration of
umbreila. with parachute] Bumble bum'bl, n a beadle; a self-important minor
official.
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Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, ...
At the Sandhcads may be found some of those delicious fishes. which are more
familiar to the residents of Madras and Bombay ; for instance, the Indian Soles,
the Roll-fish, and, above all, the black and white Pomfrets, and the Bummalo, ...
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Amazing Facts in Science, Grades 6 - 12
It is also called bummalo. Bummalo is a slimy fish that is caught in november and
December and then processed until March. Fire ants. The candlefish of the
Pacific is used literally as a candle by the native Americans of north America.
The fish, also called bummalo, has a curious odor which is an acquired pleasure.
The name comes from the time of the British Raj when the smell of the fish in the
sun recalled the smell of the Bombay Mail train- quite musty and strong.
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Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, ...
At the Sandhcads may be found some of those delicious fishes. which are more
familiar to the residents of Madras and Bombay ; for instance, the Indian Soles,
the Roll-fish, and, above all, the black and white Pomfrets, and the Bummalo, ...
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Chicken A La King And The Buffalo Wing: Food Names And The ...
BOMBAY DUCK Not a duck at all but a marine lizardfish (also called “bummalo”)
from southern Asia, it is abundant in the Ganges Delta and the Arabian Sea of
western India, where it is sun-dried and used as a condiment with curry. The
origin ...
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition
The first form is preferable, because its imitative origin is more apparent.
bummalo. PL -os ; see -O(E)S 6. bunkum, buncombe. The first spelling is
recommended, as decidedly the prevalent one. The second, from an American
placename, ...
H. W. Fowler, David Crystal, 2009
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUMMALO»
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Bombay duck: Also known as Bummalo, this is a popular fish variety, often dried and served as a starter. We are all guessing the fish wouldn't ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
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Aholehole * Aktashite * Assapanick * Assart * Bastinado * Boobyalla * Bum-bailiff * Bumfiddler * Bummalo * Clatterfart * Cock-bell * Cockchafer ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»
Mumbai: Bright lights, tight city
On the railings on the main road, small plastic packets containing ''bummalo'', the fish used for a famous local delicacy known as Bombay Duck ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 14»
The Making of Bombay Duck
Loved not just by us Indians, but also by the British who christened it, this is the “bummalo” or Bombay Duck. But this isn't a duck, it's a fish. «Wall Street Journal, Dec 12»
