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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An Indian worker at a port or dockyard, traditionally employed in pulling vessels out of the water for maintenance and repair and returning them to the water afterwards.

Etymology

From Hindi ख़लासी (xalāsī), from Classical Persian خلاصی (xalāsī).

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