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charpoy

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charpoy [ˈtʃɑːpɔɪ], charpai [ˈtʃɑːpaɪ]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a bedstead of woven webbing or hemp stretched on a wooden frame on four legs, common in India
[from Urdu cārpāī]


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He [Mr Miliband] will sleep on a charpoy and eat vegetarian food with his hands in true village style," one British official told The Times.
The background of the small mud hut with thatched roof by the side of a shady tree and a banana plant, the charpoy, and the small dog truly picturize the Indian village scene of the mid-19th century.
Colour Sergeant Mike Scott, from Middlesbrough, and his patrol have walked from their vehicles to the top of the hill to check out the Afghan police post where an officer is outside, fast asleep in a makeshift charpoy.
 
 
 
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