Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A system of cultivation used in India, especially on the eastern frontier of Bengal, in which a tract of forest or jungle is cleared by fire, cultivated for a year or two, and then abandoned for a new tract.
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Examples
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Remember Kajol in a red dress, after she chugged a bottle of cognac and ran around Switzerland singing "Zara sa jhoom loon mein" ....
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ALLAHABAD: The lilting tune of ` Aaya Saawan jhoom ke 'during the
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ALLAHABAD: The lilting tune of ` Aaya Saawan jhoom ke 'during the monsoons has been replaced this year by ` Gaya Saawan ghoom ke'.
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ALLAHABAD: The lilting tune of ` Aaya Saawan jhoom ke 'during the monsoons has been replaced this year by ` Gaya Saawan ghoom ke'.
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ALLAHABAD: The lilting tune of ` Aaya Saawan jhoom ke 'during the monsoons has been replaced this year by ` Gaya Saawan ghoom ke'.
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The truck driver liked this poetry so much that he immediately went into the state of wajjad (meta-physical state) and jhoom jhoom ke
ALL THINGS PAKISTAN 2008
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