Dhurry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dhurry is a noun meaning Alternative form of dhurrie.
Meaning
Alternative form of dhurrie.
Example Sentences
Here Ajmat Dev is portrayed seated on a dhurry with white and brown stripes while he smokes a hookah. In one hand he holds a rosary, in the other a ripe mango. A second mango lies on the dhurry.
After dinner we moved to other chairs, which the servants had set out on a dhurry (a carpet of sorts), and I didn’t even get my bridge, for the talk of spooks went on until I very nearly fell asleep, I was so tired of it.
To add to it, while the other boys ate from the canteen or had brought along little tiffin boxes for their lunch, the Birla boys would have a veritable feast laid out for them on a dhurry (a type of carpet) in a vacant verandah, with the full meal paraphernalia of trays, bowls, glasses and spoons.
Word Forms
- dhurries
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