Bhil
Americannoun
plural
Bhils,plural
BhilEtymology
Origin of Bhil
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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He had some presents, he said, for his sisters, the Bhil women, and he flung open the suitcases he had brought with him.
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Every Bhil woman would get one, announced Tantia, if she would swear by Kaladev that she would never hide her face again.
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The Bhil men sat cross-legged and impassive; the Bhil women stared at the odhnis through the eyeholes in their cloaks.
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His latest good work: uncovering the Bhil ladies.
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Now, setting aside Dana of the New York Sun, Dana is a Bhil name, and Da fits no native of India unless you except the Bengali De as the original spelling.
From Soldiers Three by Kipling, Rudyard
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