tika
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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By 1952, the menu had items such as chicken korma, chicken vindaloo, "tika khabab" and poppadums.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
While competing, his forehead was marked with a vermilion tika, a Hindu symbol of power and purity.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
I had my camera, my small coconut and a powdery red tika on my forehead.
From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010
At dawn following the Deutschland bombing, five Nazi warships flying Swas tika battle flags from their main trucks drew up off the harbor entrance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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That’s the way I wish to be married, and afterwards I would get your priest to give us his marriage, so that I might be tika in the eyes of the Pakeha people.”
From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)
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