oont

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O the oont*, O the oont, O the commissariat oont!

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  1. The camel. [Anglo-Ind.] O the oont, O the oont, O the commissariat oont! With 'is silly neck a-bobbin' like a basket full o' snakes; We packs 'im like an idol, an' you ought to 'ear 'im grunt, An' when we gets 'im loaded up 'is blessed girth-rope breaks. R. Kipling, Barrack-room Ballads, oonts, st 1.

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  1. Hind, ūṅt, a camel, a reduced form (prob. taken as imitative of a grunt) of Sanskrit ushtra, a camel, a buffalo.
 

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