polished rice
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noun
white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
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Origin of polished rice
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby polished rice
Polisario, poli sci, polish, Polish Corridor, polished, polished rice, Polish Lowland sheepdog, Polish notation, polish off, polish the apple, polish up
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