1. She is my cousin-sister.
2. He brought along his cousin-brother.
3. He returned to his native place.
4. There was a pin-drop silence in the room.
5. The accused was shown the charge sheet.
The above are typical examples of Indian English. They are not
acceptable in Standard English, and they are not found in any Standard
English dictionaries.
"cousin-sister": a female cousin. [A person is either a cousin or a sister but cannot be both].
"cousin-brother": a male cousin. [A person is either a cousin or a brother but cannot be both].
"native place": a place of birth.
"pin-drop silence": absolute silence. [This is an abusage of the idiom, "you can hear a pin drop"].
"charge sheet": a list of accusations or a piece of paper/document on which an offender's crime/offence has been typed out.
Source: pgs. 77, 79, Indian English.
2. He brought along his cousin-brother.
3. He returned to his native place.
4. There was a pin-drop silence in the room.
5. The accused was shown the charge sheet.
"cousin-sister": a female cousin. [A person is either a cousin or a sister but cannot be both].
"cousin-brother": a male cousin. [A person is either a cousin or a brother but cannot be both].
"native place": a place of birth.
"pin-drop silence": absolute silence. [This is an abusage of the idiom, "you can hear a pin drop"].
"charge sheet": a list of accusations or a piece of paper/document on which an offender's crime/offence has been typed out.
Source: pgs. 77, 79, Indian English.
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