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/ˈmɑːli/ · noun
(India, South Asia) A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener..
[H]ence the slow progress hitherto made in the cultivation of such produce of the garden as is generally held in estimation by the European portion of the community, left as it generally is, to the simple Hindoo mallee (or gardener,) it is not to be wondered at, that our bazars want what are deemed the more delicate articles of vegetable production for the table; […]
Prizes were awarded to ten other mallees for best samples of vegetables, fruits and flowers, and last though not least we have to note, that a prize of two rupees was awarded to the mallee of Robert Fulton, Esq., of Sultangunge, for a remarkably fine bunch of grapes, clearly showing that either the soil of Mr. Fulton's garden, the climate of Sultangunge, or the skill of that gentleman's gardener, are highly favorable to the growth, and bringing to maturity of this delicious fruit.
I sent down dhobies, sweepers, cooks, and mallees, last to dig trenches for burying the dead, when burning was not possible.
He found, as he expected, that the poor girl was crying. And, as always, an Indian close outside the window, a mali in this case, picking up sounds.
A nearly naked mali, watering-can in hand, was moving in the jungle of flowers like some large nectar-sucking bird.
The grounds of the estates were extensive enough to provide each mansion with a surrounding park, and these were, if anything, even more varied in design than the houses they enclosed – for the malis who tended the gardens, no less than the owners themselves, vied to outdo each other in the fancifulness of their plantings, creating here a little patch of topiary and there an avenue of trees, trimmed in the French fashion; […]
The existence of boni and mali for the different risks can be interpreted through the sign of estimated covariances.
If the boni and mali do not depend on the frequency of claims, the average bonus-malus coefficient increases with the frequency.
Use mali when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mali means (India, South Asia) A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener..
Common synonyms include french sudan.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[H]ence the slow progress hitherto made in the cultivation of such produce of the garden as is generally held in estimation by the European portion of the community, left as it generally is, to the simple Hindoo mallee (or gardener,) it is not to be wondered at, that our bazars want what are deemed the more delicate articles of vegetable production for the table; […]
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