[Dixonary] Round 3171 JAMDANI Defs - Vote Now!

Here we have 12 imaginative defs of the word JAMDANI, only one of which
comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public
reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

09:00 UTC/GMT on Saturday 22nd May
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New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
voted.

-- Tim L

*** JAMDANI ***

1. A Persian prayer rug.
2. Sikh word for a dust cricket pitch.
3. a village harvest celebration in Southern India.
4. Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war,
etc. [Scot.]
5. [orig. Farsi] a Fall harvest festival observed in Persia and parts
of Afghanistan.
6. A type of Turkish doll that, when wound up, plays the violin and
bursts into flames.
7. _East India_ A species of fine cotton cloth with spots or flowers
woven in the loom.
8. a special apron made from goatskin decorated with beautiful
colorful beads for a Ndebele wedding
9. the world’s tallest heath plant found only in Tasmania's alpine
areas and wet forest mountains.
10. a gathering of holy men on the banks of the Ganges to burn and
scatter the ashes of a fellow yogi.
11. In the Indian army before general use of radio, a soldier entrusted
to carry messages among commanders in the field.
12. a dish consisting of bean curd marinated in olive oil and stewed
tomatoes, flavored with whole roasted peppercorns and cumin seeds, which is
largely reserved for feast days along the Ganges Delta




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