The huge Victorian ferns moved as if operated by a punkah wallah.
From the independent.co.uk
The section Punk, for example, lists 43 definitions of that word, and then goes on to define punkah, punkateero and punkatunk.
From the time.com
With Basil jealously fuming at Bean and Hanna smouldering at them both, it all hit the punkah on the night she enjoyed one too many drinks with Bean and one too few with Basil.