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- noun A
tea vendor inIndia .
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Examples
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Little things like the 'chaiwallah' and the 'rickshawallah' inspired me and I incorporated Indian patterns and design fabrics into my works, 'he said.
India eNews 2008
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Little things like the 'chaiwallah' and the 'rickshawallah' inspired me and I incorporated Indian patterns and design fabrics into my works, 'he said.
India eNews 2008
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He'd never consciously hand over his riches to this lucky chaiwallah.
Derek Beres: The Spell (and Sell) of the Expectable: Slumdog Millionaire 2009
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I had to laugh that the millionaire was a chaiwallah.
Derek Beres: The Spell (and Sell) of the Expectable: Slumdog Millionaire 2009
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In reality, Mr Kumar is several leagues above that of Slumdog Millionaire's Jamal Malik, the call centre chaiwallah or tea boy whose street urchin life gave him the winning answers.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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A dhobiwallah is an inevitable launderer, a chaiwallah an inevitable server of tea.
NYT > Home Page By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS 2010
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Jamal's Scottish tone might be explained by his days as a chaiwallah in a call center, but Salim's preppy voice is more suited for a school production of Othello.
Desicritics 2009
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Audiences were captivated by the chaiwallah who rose from the slums to win a popular game show by answering all the questions.
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After all, what is the likelihood of a chaiwallah from the Mumbai slums winning a quiz show based on the fortuitous coincidence of each question relating directly to a life event?
PopMatters 2009
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Jamal works in a call centre as a chaiwallah and miraculously knows the answers to all the questions.
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