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Examples of wallah
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The gola wallah shaves ice off the block, then packs it by hand on to a wooden stick.
From the telegraph.co.uk
She rented chairs and called the jilapi-wallah to fry the hot, looping sweets in the garden.
From the nytimes.com
The huge Victorian ferns moved as if operated by a punkah wallah.
From the independent.co.uk
Fortunately, it is also a brilliant production, supervised by Central Park's old Shakespeare wallah, Joseph Papp.
From the time.com
After riding the gondola, they paid a sledge wallah a few rupees to tote them further uphill and then push them down.
From the theatlantic.com
At a cart next to the subway entrance we buy two sweet paan for dessert, provoking shy laughter from paan-wallah and his friends.
From the economist.com
Wallah y'akhi, I'm sorry to be a bother, but I have noticed you have not added Arabic scripts to any of the above articles.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It was also illustrated by the Speaker when some upstart Labour wallah had the sheer temerity to bring the subjec t up in Parliament.
From the guardian.co.uk
And it's not just the chai-wallah.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing; "a kitchen wallah"; "the book wallah"
- By Allah (Arabic: Wallahi , u0648u0627u0644u0644u0647) is an Arabic expression meaning " by God" used to make a promise or express great credibility on an expression. It is considered a sin among Muslims to use this phrase and follow it up with a lie...
- Is almost like the word "smith" as used in English last-names. It can sometimes be appended to one's last name to reflect the hereditary profession, in common parlance it simply means "one who is engaged in".
- A person who is associated with a particular work or who performs a particular duty or service - usually used in combination; e.g., the wwftd master is a word wallah
- Adjectival suffix denoting the agent or doer of an activity (eg. dhobi-wallah).
- One who is engaged in something (e.g. tonga-wallah is the operator of a tonga)
