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bidi

American  
[bee-dee] / ˈbi di /
Or beedi,

noun

bidis plural
  1. (in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.


Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of bidi

< Hindi bīḍī < Sanskrit vīṭikā a preparation rolled in betel leaf

Example Sentences

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A recent study estimates more than 1.7 million children work in India’s bidi rolling industry.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2019

They have been planting bidi tobacco for the last 18 years.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2019

Nipani, India A bidi tobacco taster employed by Shah Chhaganlal Ugarchand, one of the largest tobacco commission agents of the region.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2019

Pangire, India A female worker in a bidi tobacco processing plant.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2019

Turning to my smiling companion, he spoke in Martian, of which to give you some semblance I cipher these words: 'Aru meta voluca volu li tonti tan dondore mal per vuele vonta bidi ami.'

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.

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