Definitions

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  • noun a cushion on a throne for a prince in India

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Examples

  • They allege that a big temple is being constructed in place of a small 100-year-old Durga 'gaddi' (temple) that was recently demolished.

    The Times of India 2010

  • They allege that a big temple is being constructed in place of a small 100-year-old Durga 'gaddi' (temple) that was recently demolished.

    The Times of India 2010

  • If you are not feeling hungry and looking for a bit of an escape, take a 'gaddi' (vehicle), ask your driver to put on a Bollywood number (he is sure to have the latest CDs), and go on a safari to one of the game parks Kenya is famous for.

    India eNews 2009

  • Seven years in the making, Emperor Shah Jahan thought as he ascended the three steps to the Peacock Throne and sank down on the main gaddi —a mattress thickly stuffed with cotton and upholstered in red velvet embroidered in gold zari and minute pearls.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Seven years in the making, Emperor Shah Jahan thought as he ascended the three steps to the Peacock Throne and sank down on the main gaddi —a mattress thickly stuffed with cotton and upholstered in red velvet embroidered in gold zari and minute pearls.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Seven years in the making, Emperor Shah Jahan thought as he ascended the three steps to the Peacock Throne and sank down on the main gaddi —a mattress thickly stuffed with cotton and upholstered in red velvet embroidered in gold zari and minute pearls.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Mulayam set the condition in his Lok Sabha constituency of Mainpuri amid surging confidence in his camp that the SP with at least 20 Lok Sabha seats would be in a position to extract its pound of flesh from aspirants to the Delhi gaddi.

    India News Digest: JLR's Talks With UK Govt Close to collapse 2009

  • Sunaparant had mercilessly attacked Ravi Naik for usurping the chief ministerial gaddi (throne).

    Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press Various

  • This is the well-known Chengali gaddi of the Telugu districts.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • (En-gaddi) from the 'Ain Feshkah in the common way of travelling.

    Byeways in Palestine James Finn

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