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Examples
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He hooked one jelebi with his long index finger, raised it above his head, lifted his bearded face, and, crooning a Bollywood jingle in a tentative falsetto, began to nibble at the sugary doughnut like some tropical bird, swaying slightly to the rhythm of a song that he alone could follow.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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But then Najibullah spotted the jelebi vendor and ordered Yarmohammad to pull over.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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Rickshaws on pink, baby blue, and orange motorbikes zipped through crowded markets, where old, stooping jelebi vendors competed for customers with boys selling juicy chunks of freshly cut sugar cane.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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But then Najibullah spotted the jelebi vendor and ordered Yarmohammad to pull over.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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Rickshaws on pink, baby blue, and orange motorbikes zipped through crowded markets, where old, stooping jelebi vendors competed for customers with boys selling juicy chunks of freshly cut sugar cane.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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He hooked one jelebi with his long index finger, raised it above his head, lifted his bearded face, and, crooning a Bollywood jingle in a tentative falsetto, began to nibble at the sugary doughnut like some tropical bird, swaying slightly to the rhythm of a song that he alone could follow.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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Birbal: showing a jelebi. or jangri. .what is this your majesty?
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Birbal: i will show many other sweets. .that also sweet. so, a sweet we call in different names as laddu, jelebi, jangri, bhoondhi etc., etc., so, the taste sweet is one. we call in different names
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High on Valium and potent Afghan hashish, Najibullah balanced his Kalashnikov rifle on his left shoulder and reached for the jelebi: a pyramid of honey-colored, deep-fried rings of hot, syrupy dough stacked on a street vendor’s dusty aluminum folding table by the side of a potholed dirt road.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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“This war has gotten the better of me,” he lamented, wiping jelebi syrup off his fingers on his shirt, popping another Valium which Afghanistan’s pharmacies sold over the counter, and folding his slender hands over the barrel of his rifle.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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