shorteats

shorteats
 n.pl.— «The Supreme Court decided to hold a full inquiry into the alleged Police assault on a “shorteats” vendor, who had been found fault for saying “hello” to a Police Sergeant lingering in the vendor’s compound in the wee hours.» —“Intruding cop busts shorteat vendor’s ears for saying ‘hello’” by Wasantha Ramanayake Daily News (Sri Lanka) Mar. 3, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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