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  • noun kohl

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Examples

  • I have also used 'kajal' to paint a wall hanging, "he said.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • When The Runaways opened recently I imagined the whole of Los Angeles waking up and reaching for their eyeliner -- liquid, pencil and kohl kajal -- before coffee or even a cigarette.

    Napoleon Perdis: Think Ink: Why Black Liner Is Eternal 2010

  • When The Runaways opened recently I imagined the whole of Los Angeles waking up and reaching for their eyeliner -- liquid, pencil and kohl kajal -- before coffee or even a cigarette.

    Think Ink: Why Black Liner Is Eternal 2010

  • And yes, for almost all through my college I had stopped putting kajal in my eyes, to the great dismay of my grandmother.

    Kandyache Thallipeeth bhags 2008

  • My south Indian friend's jealous non-south Indian girl friend: If you are not a south Indian, why do you put kajal in your eyes?

    Archive 2008-05-01 bhags 2008

  • Amulya remembered a time when Kananbala was petite and pretty, with curling hair that refused to be pinned down, and heavy-lidded, lustrous eyes she lined with kajal morning and night.

    An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

  • Amulya remembered a time when Kananbala was petite and pretty, with curling hair that refused to be pinned down, and heavy-lidded, lustrous eyes she lined with kajal morning and night.

    An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

  • My south Indian friend's jealous non-south Indian girl friend: If you are not a south Indian, why do you put kajal in your eyes?

    Kandyache Thallipeeth bhags 2008

  • Amulya remembered a time when Kananbala was petite and pretty, with curling hair that refused to be pinned down, and heavy-lidded, lustrous eyes she lined with kajal morning and night.

    An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

  • And yes, for almost all through my college I had stopped putting kajal in my eyes, to the great dismay of my grandmother.

    Archive 2008-05-01 bhags 2008

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  • kohl or eye-black

    May 24, 2009