betelseller

English

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of betel + seller.

Noun

betelseller (plural betelsellers)

  1. Seller of betel; someone who sells betel.
    • 1985, Indian Literature, volume 28, Sahitya Akademi, page 116:
      It was the betelseller who brought the betels []
      Oh, well! two hundred lashes to the betelseller.
    • 1989, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, volume 49, page 135:
      After a couple of deeds executed by betelsellers, once more we have an endowment by Nagaka arranging betelsellers []
    • 2016 August 11, Indra Sinha, The Death Of Mr Love, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      The shiny, heart-shaped leaves are graded according to size and shape and strung on threads which dangle above the betelseller’s head.

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