(India, Pakistan) A payment made to secure the long-term rental of a property.
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(India) A headdress worn by men in India, comprising a several-metre-long band of fabric wound around the head.
1913, Shaikh Chilli, "The Story of Hira and Lal" in Folk-tales of Hindustan, Bahadurganj, Calcutta: Abinash Chandra Sarkar, p. 98, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023979721]
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(India) A puggry.
: The poor labourer was at first somewhat astonished, and frightened by this sudden metamorphosis, but soon overcoming the new feeling, he carefully tied the ruby in his pagri or turban, and returned home
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