[Fictionary] doosra ballot

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Jean-Joseph
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doosra - n. - Armenian chickpea soup.

doosra - n. - 1. An imported plant. 2. A waste of water.

doosra - n. - [Trinidadian dial.] - Hindu-language reggae.

doosra - n. - The wake left in a crowd by the passage of an elephant.

doosra - n. - [fr. several S. Indian dialects] A menial servant, usually 
initially unskilled, who assists a more skilled servant with household 
tasks.

doosra - n. - [British Indian slang] A newcomer, a greenhorn. Derived 
from the habit of using cardamom sauce ("doosra") on all foods 
indiscriminately.

doosra - n. - [fr. Turk. djusra, dead] The dirt and dead skin removed by 
the loofah glove (asindirmak) following the warm full body wash in a 
traditional Turkish bath.

doosra - n. - [fr. Ar. /do osrah/, the place of the children of Osrah 
(mythical Arabic city, one of the reputed sites of the Garden of Eden)] 
Fertile land; more generally, land that is not desert.

doosra - n. - [fr. Urdu /doosra/, "(the) other (one)"] A particular type 
of delivery by an off-spin bowler in the sport of cricket. The doosra 
spins in the opposite direction to an off break (the off-spinner's 
default delivery), and aims to confuse the batsman into playing a poor 
shot.

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