[Fictionary] doosra reminder

[J-J Cote]

Tomorrow is Pentecost, so if you haven't voted yet, you've got about 28 
hours left!  (Or until I get around to tabulating the results on Monday, 
probably.)

Jean-Joseph

On 5/14/2013 11:00 PM, J-J Cote wrote:
> The standard deal, a vote and a votevote.  Get'em in by the end of 
> Pentecost.
>
> Jean-Joseph
> ______________________________________
>
> 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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