bandar log

English

Alternative forms

• bander log

Etymology

From Hindi बन्दर-लोग (bandar-log).

Noun

bandar log (uncountable)

1. (rare) A nation of monkeys; hence, (figurative) a group of chattering people. [from 19th c.]
   • 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.

Further reading

• Bandar-log on Wikipedia.Wikipedia