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English
Etymology
From Hindi बन्दर-लोग (bandar-log).
Noun
bandar log (uncountable)
- (rare) A nation of monkeys; hence, (figurative) a group of chattering people.
1895, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book:Men are blood-brothers of the Bandar-log.
1917, Ian Hay, Carrying On:That is just what the Bandar Log overlook, when they jabber about the dreadful industrial upheaval that is coming with peace.
1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper, published 2013, page 2:When she got to where they were she turned her face on the bander log and spoke.
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