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wallah
CIDE DICTIONARY
wallah, n.
A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wallah, n. orig. Anglo-Ind., now sl.
1 a person concerned with or in charge of a usu. specified thing, business, etc. (asked the ticket wallah).
2 a person doing a routine administrative job; a bureaucrat.
1 a person concerned with or in charge of a usu. specified thing, business, etc. (asked the ticket wallah).
2 a person doing a routine administrative job; a bureaucrat.
Etymology
Hindi -wala suffix = -ER(1)
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