Brit Lit Phantom Rickshaw

rickshaw

a small two wheeled hooded carriage

coolies/bearers

local laborers hired to pull the rickshaw

livery

distinctive uniform or dress worn by servants

bengal civilian

member of british india civil service

hill station

a high altitude town

plainsward

a word coined by kipling, means towards the plains

dak-bungalow

government maintained rest house

band-stand

outdoor raised platform or gazebo

arab

a high-bred arabian horse

waler

a sturdy reliable horse bred in australia

cob

short legged, stout, and well-mannered riding horse

hand-gallop

a restrained, easy- gallop controlled tightly by the riders hand

canter

a smooth, three beat gait of a horse

pegs

colloquial anglo-indian term for measures or drinks of spirits.

spectral illusion

a visual hallucination or ghost-like apparition percieved by the mind

blackguard

a scoundrel, rogue, or man acting with dishonorable or despicable conduct

Copybook Headings

refers to moral proverbs and handwritten models

Utopian

Unrealistic and perfect view of society

Feminian

critiques early 20th-century movements aimed at rewriting traditional social norms

Disarm

give up all weapons

Gods of the Market Place

metaphor representing political ideologies and commercial promises.

cambrian

used satirically to mock contemporary discussions around total disarmament and political compromise

Beggars would ride

an old proverb "if wishes were horses…"

redistribution

equal economic divison of wealth

maxim

a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying

carboniferious

an Era of coal that invokes labor.

prostrations

state of bowing down in submission or admiration

retribution

a repayment; a deserved punishment