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- noun alternative form of
hamal , an oriental porter
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Examples
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Transteverin is the man of the faubourgs, its hammal is the market-porter, its lazzarone is the pegre, its cockney is the native of Ghent.
Les Miserables 2008
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Its majo is called "faraud," its Transteverin is the man of the faubourgs, its hammal is the market-porter, its lazzarone is the pegre, its cockney is the native of Ghent.
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Its majo is called "faraud," its Transteverin is the man of the faubourgs, its hammal is the market-porter, its lazzarone is the pegre, its cockney is the native of
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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For Hameedudin Qazi - a hammal who is pulling the handcart for last thirty-five years, it is the poverty that does not give him a day's off even on Republic Day.
Countercurrents.org 2009
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For Hameedudin Qazi - a hammal who is pulling the handcart for last thirty-five years, it is the poverty that does not give him a day's off even on Republic Day.
Indian Muslims 2009
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