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Definition of Poppadums
1. poppadum [n] - See also: poppadum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poppadums
Literary usage of Poppadums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty Years' Reminiscences of India: A Retrospect of Travel, Adventure and by Fitz William Thomas Pollok (1896)
"poppadums, pickles, and other Indian relishes, are sold by Messrs. Stembridge,
of 33, Leicester Square, London. If in the East, it is better to 21 ..."
2. A Sportswoman in India: Personal Adventures and Experiences of Travel in by Isabel Savory (1900)
"... followed—a really good Bengal hump is hard to beat; next the inevitable chicken
cutlets; next curried mutton and rice, with (poppadums') thin wafers, ..."
3. Twenty-one Days in India: Being the Tour of Sir Ali Baba, K.C.B. by George Aberigh-Mackay (1896)
"Some Planters grow tea, coffee, lac. mother- of-pearl, pickles, poppadums and
curry powder —but now I am becoming encyclopaedic and scientific, ..."
4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1883)
"(508) poppadums, from Madras (cukes eaten curries). JMAN, A., Oriental Depot, 17
Ebury Street, SW (509) Curry Tow- Prepared ..."
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