Pukka mealtimes
On 30 Sep 2003 21:21:13 GMT, Adrian Tupper
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>"Peter H.M. Brooks" > wrote in news:3F795E9E.6050601
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>> Chota Hazri - Five Thirty (05h30)
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>What's one o' them then?
Pukka and Chota Hazri are Hindi words adopted by the English during the
time of the Raj. Pukka means, basically, 'well cooked'. For the
English it came to mean first class or proper. Chota Hazri is little
breakfast or early morning tea taken before dawn. For the English, it
means bed tea or light breakfast snack. Burra Hazri would be the later
big breakfast.
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