Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindu legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindu and Persian rulers.
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Examples
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I'm going to stick a kohinoor in the end of the broom handle.
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He dealt in that for which he had no use; and the American bartender today who wears his kohinoor and draws the pay of a bank cashier is one who "never touches a drop of anything."
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Elbert Hubbard 1885
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Ts'in, Prince of, offers fifteen cities for a kohinoor, 98
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IMDR is already gone ... puys how is kohinoor n ISBM? thank u in advanceRe: Pune ... which colleges to apply ...
unknown title 2009
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IMDR is already gone ... puys how is kohinoor n ISBM? thank u in advance
unknown title 2009
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- 77\%. please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is iilm, lodhi road better than kohinoor business school, jims rohini, isb&m, kiit school of management and iimm pune????????? im also waiting for the results of iilm lodhi road and iimm pune. please tell me if iimm pune is better than isb&m pune (nande campus)?
unknown title 2009
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- 77\%. please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is iilm, lodhi road better than kohinoor business school, jims rohini, isb&m, kiit school of management and iimm pune????????? im also waiting for the results of iilm lodhi road and iimm pune. please tell me if iimm pune is better than isb&m pune (nande campus)?
unknown title 2009
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a kohinoor, a jewel belonging to the Prince of Chao (not Chou).
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