Definition of "charpoy" [charpoy]

• A type of common bedstead in India. (noun)

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• "A charpoy is a bed, and everybody in Rubbulgurh puts one outside, for sociability, in the evening."
• "Sitting on a traditional bench of bamboo and rope called a charpoy, Imran patiently wrote details in his notepad while Talat strained to make sense of a cacophony of complaints from the villagers who surrounded them."
• "I want ter get on my charpoy, I do, an 'bang me bleedin' ear-'ole."