Definitions
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- n. Plural form of nautch.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'd settle for you alongside this minute, thinks I, as I surveyed the company: villainous two-rupee bravos, painted harpies who should have been perched in trees, a seedy flute-and-tom-tom band accompanying a couple of gyrating nautches whom you wouldn't have touched with a long pole, and Sikh brandy fit to corrode a bucket.
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A nautchni, or dance by nautches, was next provided for the visitors 'entertainment.
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He named one of the sauciest of the old-time nautches, and smiled at his own pun.
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Jubraj suspected us of treachery in asking him to arrange and be present at these nautches.
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They cease when they marry, but up till then they take great pride in their nautches.
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Bands of nautches are considered necessary appurtenances of the courts of native Hindu princes, although they are never found in the palaces of Mohammedans.
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The nautches may be very wicked, but they certainly are not attractive in appearance.
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The nautches of India have received considerable attention from many sources.
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The priests are said to encourage the attentions of rich young Hindus because of the gifts of money and jewels they are in the habit of showering upon nautches they admire, but each girl is supposed to have a
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There is a difference of opinion as to the beauty of the nautches.
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