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- noun Plural form of
ekka .
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Examples
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The train stops six miles from the town, so that we had to finish our journey in six two-wheeled, gilded chariots, called ekkas, and drawn by bullocks.
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We had got up before dawn to see the sunrise, but afterwards took things leisurely, as the march is short to Baramula, and our boats were to be in waiting there, and we had made all arrangements for a landau and ekkas to be in readiness to take us down to Rawal Pindi, while the Colonel returned up the Jhelum for more shooting before rejoining his wife at Bandipur.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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A smile broke over his swarthy face for a moment, and he disappeared, coming back shortly afterwards just as the already ordered ekkas made their appearance.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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We decided upon chartering a landau for ourselves and servant, and two ekkas to carry the heavy baggage.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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Our excellent factotum, Sabz Ali, awaited us with a capacious landau, and informed us that the heavy baggage had gone on in the ekkas.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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Landau and two ekkas to Srinagar, inclusive of gratuities, tolls, &c.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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What was our amazement and disgust to find neither landau nor ekkas, nor, apparently, any chance of getting them!
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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At Mile 46 we were held up for an hour until a ramp was made over a bad slide, and the carriage and ekkas were unloaded and got across.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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The ekkas had come up from Pindi, and the sahib who had lured them to
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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I may emphasise here the importance of keeping one's heavy baggage in sight, herding on the ekkas in front, if possible, and keeping a wary eye and a firm hand on the drivers at all halts.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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