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adjective satellite • not having enough money to pay for necessities | ||||||||
| 46% | 6 | Purdah's place | ||||||
noun • A harem on the Indian subcontinent; a part of the house reserved for high-caste women; a system of segregating women into harems. • An effeminate or crossdressing male in northern India or Pakistan. (Also spelled zanána.) | ||||||||
| 33% | 4 | Purdah prop | ||||||
noun • a garment that covers the head and face • a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms • the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) • a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl verb • to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | ||||||||
Short Form Of Purdah Crossword Clue
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HARDUP which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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HARDUP
Updated: October 14, 2023
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