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puncture-wallah en · NOUN
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(India) A person who repairs punctured tyres.
There are plenty of puncture-wallahs in all towns and villages who will patch tubes for a couple of rupees, so chances are you won't have to fix a puncture yourself anyway.
1996, Michelle Coxall, Paul Greenway, Indian Himalaya, page 164:Luckily, if you get a flat tyre, puncture-wallahs can be found almost everywhere.
2003, David Abram, The Rough Guide to South India, page 42:[…] by the simple ploy of knocking on the door of his unsuspecting friend just when he was about to doze off for the post-prandial siesta, soliciting a paltry half-rupee to pay the puncture-wallah.
1993, Sainik Samachar, volume 40, page 11:
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