haji

haji
 n.— «Many haji shops have signs out front of them that read “hajee shop” so it seems at least these proprietors don’t mind the term.» —“Fobbits and other Iraqi critters” by Steve Smith in FOB Bernstein, Iraq ArmySteve Nov. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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