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Examples
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Dropping on to the loose earth, he scrambled over it towards the oil lamp by whose light the mistri and his assistant were working.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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It had been stripped from him by the mistri, who hastily donned it over his own scanty raiment, together with the subahdar's turban.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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"Go down into the hold, mistri: look to the holes; if they are not large enough make them larger, and as quickly as you can."
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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He laughed and said "No, No I am a mistri (ironmonger)".
Analysis 2010
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"There is a mistri on board the serang's boat who is used to working in ships -- a khalasi from Gujarat.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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