memsahib

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When they see you ride off on a spent horse, with twelve swords and the memsahib-- d'you mean that they won't ambuscade you They might, sahib--and again, they might not!

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  • Nay. As for the memsahib , I knew not her speech and did but carry her to shelter for the night. —  AdventureTales#1
  • Murder, memsahib, murder Anita could hardly believe her ears. —  AHMM, September 2006
  • In the heyday of the British, the Mall road of shimla often saw officers resplendent in their uniforms, memsahib in beautiful gowns and proud nannies behind baby prams taking their evening walk. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • I edge closer to the group, feeling self-conscious about my memsahib apparel: a broad brimmed hat and a long-sleeved, white cheesecloth shirt, ripped under the arms from too many washes in the hard local water. —  The View from Elsewhere
  • This was, I believe, characteristic also of the saints of Erin 13] An English lady having called, not long ago, at the house of a Hindoo lady, to enquire how she was, after an interesting event, and what was the result_, received for answer: Alas, memsahib, nothing at all_: a girl. —  An Essence of the Dusk, 5th Edition
 

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