Hajji mobile
n.— «Right after I sent out my letter yesterday, George got a message that Raad, our interpreter, had been stopped by gunmen while driving his Hajji mobile.» —“11-12 May” by clcperky Between Iraq & a Hard Place (Iraq) May 11, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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