Definitions
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- noun An Indian military outpost.
- noun A police station, or a police jurisdiction in India.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe there's nothing more to these letters and phone calls thana guy too shy to tell you how he feels face-to-face. "
Emily And The Stranger Barton, Beverly 1998
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He told them that he had tried to bribe the cops with fifteen thousand rupees per family, which was the going rate, but the lines at the local thana, or police station, were too long -- he was not the only jhuggi slumlord in booming Gurgaon with the same idea -- and it might make better sense for them to leave till "the games are over".
Parvez Sharma: Delhi's Servant Crisis and the Commonweath Games Parvez Sharma 2010
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He told them that he had tried to bribe the cops with fifteen thousand rupees per family, which was the going rate, but the lines at the local thana, or police station, were too long -- he was not the only jhuggi slumlord in booming Gurgaon with the same idea -- and it might make better sense for them to leave till "the games are over".
Parvez Sharma: Delhi's Servant Crisis and the Commonweath Games Parvez Sharma 2010
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Clint Patterson, a senior director in the Microsoft Business Division, saysthat less thana million people "are paying to use Google in the enterprise," compared to 40 million users of Microsoft's online tools.
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More thana paintball gun used to scare the deerout ofour garden.
John Brown – the author’s official site » Blog Archive » Wolves in my backyard 2010
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JH: The title of your book is the place where all the portraits in it were taken, but615 Jefferson Avenue is clearlymore thana number on a street.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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JH: The title of your book is the place where all the portraits in it were taken, but615 Jefferson Avenue is clearlymore thana number on a street.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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More thana paintball gun used to scare the deerout ofour garden.
John Brown – the author’s official site » 2010 » May » 24 2010
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JH: The title of your book is the place where all the portraits in it were taken, but615 Jefferson Avenue is clearlymore thana number on a street.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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More thana paintball gun used to scare the deerout ofour garden.
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