betelseller

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Tatpuruṣa compound of betel +‎ seller.

Noun[edit]

betelseller (plural betelsellers)

  1. Seller of betel; someone who sells betel.
    • 1985, Indian Literature[1], volume 28, Sahitya Akademi, page 116:
      It was the betelseller who brought the betels []
      Oh, well! two hundred lashes to the betelseller.
    • 1989, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress[2], volume 49, page 135:
      After a couple of deeds executed by betelsellers, once more we have an endowment by Nagaka arranging betelsellers []
    • 2016 August 11, Indra Sinha, The Death Of Mr Love[3], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      The shiny, heart-shaped leaves are graded according to size and shape and strung on threads which dangle above the betelseller’s head.

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