Meaning & use
beedi
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A thin, hand-rolled cigarette made of tobacco flakes wrapped in a tendu or temburni leaf, common in South Asia.
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The old man sat on his porch smoking a beedi and watching the traffic pass.
Beedis are cheaper than manufactured cigarettes but often contain more tar per gram of tobacco.
A note on using this word
More commonly spelled 'bidi' in English dictionaries; the word comes from Hindi and Marathi and is now a recognized loanword in South Asian English.
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