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- noun India, UK, Pakistan A foreigner, especially a British or a white person.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Manucci came to be known as the firangi magic healer.
HindustanTimes.com - Top HomePage-TopStories News Headlines 2010
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A hastily (and probably temporarily) cleaned and green Delhi is busy welcoming its firangi (foreigner) guests with endless cultural extravaganzas and marigold garlands.
Parvez Sharma: Delhi's Servant Crisis and the Commonweath Games Parvez Sharma 2010
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A hastily (and probably temporarily) cleaned and green Delhi is busy welcoming its firangi (foreigner) guests with endless cultural extravaganzas and marigold garlands.
Parvez Sharma: Delhi's Servant Crisis and the Commonweath Games Parvez Sharma 2010
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To his critics he is a firangi (a pejorative for "foreigner"), just like Madam Gandhi.
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Before long, they were noisily speculating about the relationship she might have with me, the firangi, and her cost, what she would and would not do, and wondering where she worked and whether she gave discounts.
Archive 2008-08-01 Jan 2008
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Before long, they were noisily speculating about the relationship she might have with me, the firangi, and her cost, what she would and would not do, and wondering where she worked and whether she gave discounts.
Serving the Goddess Jan 2008
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They also made these firangi cola sellers to fight for them, fight over them and also fight them.
Archive 2007-07-01 bhags 2007
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They also made these firangi cola sellers to fight for them, fight over them and also fight them.
The zing thing.......... bhags 2007
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Try this one with mild spices when you invite your firangi friends over for lunch.
Archive 2007-04-01 bhags 2007
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Try this one with mild spices when you invite your firangi friends over for lunch.
Egg Curry , Anda Curry bhags 2007
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