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"Ranjish hee sahi," says one Facebook update, "dil hee dukhaane ke liye aa!"
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2012
Jalil didn’t have the dil either, Nana said, to do the honorable thing.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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Dill, dil, n. an umbelliferous annual, the seeds used in medicine.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Mr Chappell cites an ancient ballad which was sung to the tune of Hie dildo, dil.
From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad by Macbain, Alexander
In Ardmacha fil righi Is cian do reracht Emhain, Is cell mor Dun-leth-glaisse Num dil cidh dithribh Temhair.
From A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Patrick Composed by his Disciple, Saint Fiech, Bishop of Sletty by Fiech, Saint
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