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Catchword for “guitar”
Catchword
:
guitar
Filed Under
:
India
,
Crime & Prisons
Part of Speech
:
n.
Quotation
: The police found that an AK-47, which was earlier referred to as “jhadoo” (broom), had been renamed “guitar.”
Article or Document Title
:
“‘Kaan bole to’…Rs 1 cr in cash” (
URL
)
Author
:
Somit Sen
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site
:
Times of India
Date of Publication
:
Dec. 5, 2004
This catchword has yet to be researched.
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