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1. absent, v. View full entry a1425
...intr. To withdraw, remove oneself; to stay away. In later use chiefly S. Asian....
2. big-up, n. and int. View full entry 1964
...S. Asian and Caribbeancolloq. A person of high social status or great wealth....
3. challan, v. View full entry 1842
...trans. To issue a challan to (a person or vehicle), now esp. for a traffic offence; to book, fine, ticket. Also: to submit a challan for (a legal case)....
4. communal, adj. View full entry a1470
...Common, unanimous. Obs....
5. communalism, n. View full entry 1871
...A principle or system of social organization in which the major political units of society are local self-governing communities. Now rare (hist. in later use)....
6. communalist, n. and adj. View full entry 1871
...An advocate of communalism (communalism1); esp. a member or supporter of the Paris Commune of 1871, a Communard. Now rare (hist....
7. free cost, n., adj., and adv. View full entry 1542
...at (formerly †of, †on, †upon) free cost: without cost, free of charge, gratis....
8. jeepney, n. View full entry 1961
...A jitney bus converted from a jeep....
9. machinery, n. View full entry 1687
...Theatre. Stage appliances and apparatus. Cf. machine4a. Chiefly hist....
10. madcap, n. and adj. View full entry 1589
...In early use: a madman; a maniac. Obs.rare....
11. mem, n.2 View full entry 1890
...= memsahib...
12. memsahib, n. View full entry 1832
...In South Asia (esp. India): a married European or upper-class woman; often used as a respectful form of address (as the memsahib, or vocatively) by non-Europeans. Now also in allusive...
13. mil, n.1 View full entry 1849
...A coin with a value equivalent to one-thousandth of the basic monetary unit. Cf. mill...
14. mo-bike, n. View full entry 1925
...A motorcycle....
15. Nati, n. and adj. View full entry 1922
...In South Asia: the argot spoken by Nats. See Nat...
16. non-veg, adj. View full entry 1980
...= non-vegetarian...
17. outstation, n. View full entry 1817
...A station, outpost, or settlement in a remote area or at a distance from a centre of population or operations; spec. (Austral. and N.Z.) a subordinate...
18. outstill, n. View full entry 1884
...In India: a private still licensed by government and situated outside the limits of areas supplied with liquor from central distilleries. Freq. attrib....
19. ownership, n. View full entry 1583
...The fact or state of being an owner; proprietorship, dominion; legal right of possession. Also: the condition of being owned (by a particular person, institution, etc.)....
20. paddy bird, n. View full entry 1727
...The Java sparrow, Lonchura oryzivora (family Estrildidae). Cf. ricebird2. Obs....