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punkah |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Punka \Pun"ka\, n. [Hind. pankh[=a] fan.] A machine for fanning a room usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] [Written also {punkah}.] --Malcom. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: punkah n : a large fan (a canvas-covered frame suspended from the ceiling) used in India for circulating air in a room
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