Deb [noun]

Deb had taken off her frock to wrap round Barty, who was ill and coughing.

And I was distinctly embarrassed by some of the Deb Zimpun's questions.

The Deb Zimpun, in his visit to Buxa to receive the subsidy, was accompanied by his guard of sixty men without a gun among them.

The latter explained that the Deb Zimpun spoke only his own language; but that he would interpret my greeting.

I asked him if he would like a drink; and the interpreter replied that the Deb Zimpun begged for two whiskies-and-sodas.

We were met on the veranda by the Deb Zimpun and, chairs being placed for us, we three sat down.

The Deb Zimpun's eyes glistened and he showed his teeth, stained red with betel-nut chewing, in a gracious smile.

When we sat down to table the Deb Zimpun's rickety chair collapsed under his weight and sent him sprawling on the floor.

After dinner we gathered round the stove in informal fashion and smoked, the Deb Zimpun helping himself steadily to my cigars.

The Deb Zimpun returned with me to my bungalow and enjoyed a meal of tea, cake, and chocolate creams as heartily as a schoolboy.