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Definition of Calcuttan
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Calcutta or its inhabitants.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcuttan
Literary usage of Calcuttan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reminiscences of a Gentlewoman of the Last Century: Letters of Catherine Hutton by Catherine Hutton (1891)
"We passed the sentinel without thinking of his bayonet; we found the waiter and
the hostler still up'; my protector returned to his calcuttan Hole ; and I, ..."
2. California Revisited: 1858-1897 by Thaddeus Stevens Kenderdine (1898)
"... the drawing nf lots as to who should have the choice berths, if any there
could be ii> such a calcuttan hole ; the nocturnal hawking and continuance of ..."
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