chamcha

chamcha
 n.— «Chamcha: A Person who uses lot of “Maska” to promote his self interest. The villan in old kannada movies, nowadays potrayed as a statesman.» —“Advanced Kannada Slang” by Ambar rvinst (Bangalore, India) Oct. 2, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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