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  • adjective in India Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry

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Examples

  • Leslies offering, which I ogle in person, is a faux wood cratelike the kind youd find filled with apples at produce stands in the countrymade of hand-painted fondant and filled to overflowing with realistic-looking crabs, their black beady eyes perhaps a little less sad and pleading.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • Leslies offering, which I ogle in person, is a faux wood cratelike the kind youd find filled with apples at produce stands in the countrymade of hand-painted fondant and filled to overflowing with realistic-looking crabs, their black beady eyes perhaps a little less sad and pleading.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • Police reports said that the incident took place around 9: 30 pm when Harbilas, salesman of a countrymade licensed liquor store situated in Itaunja township was preparing dinner on an indigenously fabricated and illegally marketed LPG cylinder (available in 3 kg, 5 kg and 8 kg sizes) when its nozzle suddenly caught fire.

    The Times of India 2010

  • Alcohol is set to get dearer in Uttar Pradesh from April 1, as the state government has increased licence fee and duty on countrymade alcohol, Indian-Made Foreign Liquor student reporter,: It was all caught on tape - in May 2009, a municipal liquor store clerk tore a memo off the wall, vented about her boss wrestling tournament.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • TO earn an extra income, migrant labourers are bringing readily available countrymade weapons from outside the state and selling these at a higher price here.

    WN.com - Articles related to Consumer electronics majors plan price hike up to 5% 2010

  • Police reports said that the incident took place around 9: 30 pm when Harbilas, salesman of a countrymade licensed liquor store situated in Itaunja township was preparing dinner on an indigenously fabricated and illegally marketed LPG cylinder (available in 3 kg, 5 kg and 8 kg sizes) when its nozzle suddenly caught fire.

    The Times of India 2010

  • The police had recovered a countrymade revolver and two live cartridges from the spot.

    Top Headlines 2010

  • He said that the police recovered three pistols, a countrymade revolver, besides 15 cartridges from them.

    The Times of India 2010

  • As the spurned youth's brazen entry into the house of Adesh Pandey, 40, led to a heated exchange on Sunday morning, the intruder pulled out a countrymade pistol and shot the victim from point blank range.

    The Times of India 2010

  • He said that the police recovered three pistols, a countrymade revolver, besides 15 cartridges from them.

    The Times of India 2010

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