1789, a corruption of Telugu pandi-kokku, literally "pig-rat." Properly the Anglo-Indian name of a large and destructive type of Indian rat; applied from 1827 to a type of insectivorous Australian marsupial somewhat resembling it.
bandalore
bandanna
bandbox
bandeau
bandersnatch
bandicoot
bandit
banditry
bandolier
band-saw
bandstand
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