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1. bindaas, adj. View full entry 1981
...Bold; independent; admired; fashionable....
2. eve-teaser, n. View full entry 1960
...A man who sexually harasses a woman in a public place. Cf. eve-teasing...
3. eve-teasing, n. View full entry 1960
...Sexual harassment of a woman by a man in a public place. Cf. eve-teaser...
4. kotal, n. View full entry 1880
...The pass over a mountain; a col; the ridge or summit of a pass....
5. mixie, n. View full entry 1986
...An electric food processor; a food mixer or blender. Also appositive, as mixie-grinder....
6. rajpramukh, n. View full entry 1948
...In India between 1948 and 1956 (the date of the States Reorganization Act): (an administrative title accorded to) the principal raja of a state comprising the territory of...
7. Responsivist, n. and adj. View full entry 1926
...A person in favour of cooperating with the diarchal administrative system introduced in the Indian provinces during British rule....
8. Shiv Sena, n. View full entry 1967
...In India, the name of a Hindu nationalist organization centred in Maharashtra....
9. Swadeshi, n. View full entry 1905
...Used chiefly attrib. to designate an Indian nationalist movement originating in Bengal, which advocated principally the support of indigenous industries using home-produced materials (esp. cotton), and the boycott of foreign...
10. thali, n.2 View full entry 1969
...In India, a metal platter or flat dish on which food is served; a meal served on it....
11. ˈundertrial, n. View full entry 1966
...A person held in custody awaiting trial....
12. videshi, adj. View full entry 1980
...In India: foreign; coming from a country other than India. Cf. desi, Swadeshi...
13. wheatish, adj. View full entry 1950
...Of the complexion, etc.: that is (or is held to be) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown, pale-skinned....
