cumlee

Updated: May 6, 2025

And the Rajah came toward them, so changed that not even his own mother knew him no one recognized him but his wife. For eighteen years he had been among the nautch people; his hair was rough, his; beard untrimmed, his face thin and worn, sunburnt and wrinkled; he wore a nose-ring and heavy earrings, such as the nautch people have; and his dress was a rough, common cumlee.

- Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know