They are looking for some up-market, latter-day punkah-wallah, and Kuldip fits the bill.— British Blogs
In spite of each of us having a punkah-wallah at our backs, the heat was unbearable.— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
"I should like to set a punkah-wallah to pick up a chatty of water and douse it all over you."— Glyn Severn's Schooldays
A punkah-wallah is indispensable night and day.— Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
I counted -- seventeen -- and turned inquiringly to the naked punkah-wallah, who stood just outside in the shade of the wide veranda, listlessly pulling the rattan rope that moved the stiff fan above me.— Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines
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