‖ muchulka
(muːˈtʃʌlkə)
Also 9 muchelka, muchalka, moochulka.
[Hindī mučalkā.]
A written bond.
| 1803 Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1844) I. 323 The soubahdar insisting upon the man giving a muckelka [sic] to produce the stolen goods was an assumption of authority, highly unwarrantable. 1818 Sir. T. Munro in Gleig Life (1849) 265 Lord B― told me that I should have ten thousand pagodas per annum, and all my expenses paid;..I never thought of taking a Muchalka from Lord B―, because [etc.]. 1886 Yule & Burnell Anglo-Ind. Gloss., Moochulka. |