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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A thin, often flavored, Indian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf.

   "I always write with the music on and a bottle of good red. And smoke Mangalore Ganesh beedies."

Example

More examples

"I always write with the music on and a bottle of good red. And smoke Mangalore Ganesh beedies."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बीड़ी (bīṛī).

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