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By her side there are a few other beautiful objects — the hookah; the paandaan, or silver tray with cruets containing a soporific preparation made from betel-leaf, and her casually discarded jutis, or slippers with the elaborately upturned toes.
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By her side there are a few other beautiful objects — the hookah; the paandaan, or silver tray with cruets containing a soporific preparation made from betel-leaf, and her casually discarded jutis, or slippers with the elaborately upturned toes.
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Chewing of tobacco, betel-leaf and smoking are the other causes of bad-breath.
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“Madad,” pills made up with toasted betel-leaf and smoked.
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A betel-leaf and perfume-service in the silver-gilt of Mysore is accompanied by elaborately-chased goblets and rose-water sprinklers in ruddy gold and parcel-gilt, the work of Kashmir and Lucknow.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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If there is a Deshmukh [236] of the village, a cocoanut and betel-leaf are also given to him.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The young Rajah took his bag and said, "I want a great deal of betel-leaf," and it at once gave him quantities of betel-leaf.
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His wife presents the bride with betel-leaf and in return is given clothes with a rupee.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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"Where did you get all that betel-leaf?" asked the
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Next morning all the Princess's servants found the betel-leaf, and began to eat it.
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