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lathi
[ lah-tee ]
noun
- a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
lathi
/ ˈlɑːtɪ /
noun
- a long heavy wooden stick used as a weapon in India, esp by the police
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Origin of lathi1
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Example Sentences
He picked up his lathi—a five-foot male-bamboo ringed with bands of polished iron—and flourished it in the air.
The boys are also taught asanas (postures), sword and lathi (stick) play, and jujitsu.
He snatched a long lathi from one of the Bengalis and rushed up the slope to the hackeri nearest the nullah.
And lo, beneath the portico, I found a lathi and a rope with a hook at the end, and I wondered with a great wonderment.
Have we got even a lathi with which we can defend our hearths and homes?
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