4 November 2016

bidi

or beedi, biri

[bee-dee]

noun, plural bidis.

1. (in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.

Origin of bidi

Hindi< Hindi bīḍī < Sanskrit vīṭikā a preparation rolled in betel leaf

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Examples from the Web for bidi

Historical Examples

As he wept, bidi and Bidhati descended from the sky and asked him the reason of his sorrow.
Santal Folk Tales
A. Campbell

bidi and Bidhati instructed me how to proceed, and I have brought you to life again.
Santal Folk Tales
A. Campbell

So they returned joyfully home singing the praises of bidi and Bidhati.
Santal Folk Tales
A. Campbell

Anagram

I bid

Today’s quote

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

— Mark Twain

On this day

4 November 1926 – British archeologist, Howard Carter, discovers steps leading to the tomb of the Pharoah Tutankhamen.

4 November 1979 – Students loyal to the Ayatollah Khomeini over-run the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take 90 Americans hostage in protest against the former Shah of Iran being allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment. The hostages were held for 14 months and released after the U.S. government promised $5 billion in foreign aid and unfroze $3 billion of Iranian funds. During the crisis, President Jimmy Carter attempted an unsuccessful rescue mission by helicopter, which ended in the deaths of 8 U.S. marines.

4 November 1995 – assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The assassin was Yigal Amir, an Israeli right-wing Zionist, who opposed the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords in which Rabin had negotiated a peace plan with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.