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This section has been extracted from<br/>

'''THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL.''' <br/> 
By H.H. RISLEY,<br/> 
INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, OFFICIER D'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. <br/> 

Ethnographic Glossary. <br/> 

CALCUTTA: <br/> ''Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press.''<br/> 1891. .</div>
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An old-olothesman collecting old clothes and rags; which he sells to the naiohaband to make hookah snakes; to the masalchi for torches; and to the jildgar for binding books.

The occupation of an old clothesman is followed by any poor person. He either begs for, or buys, old clothes and rags, which he sells to the Naicha-band for making his snakes; to the Mash'alchi for his torch; and to the Jildgar for binding books.
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