teaseller

(ˈtiːzələ) or

teaseler

1. a person who teasels cloth

2. a utensil for teaseling

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Others, however, say a dip in the BJP's popularity has more to do with a slowing in growth under Modi, the son of a teaseller who has repeatedly derided Rahul as a "shehzada" (prince).

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Moreover, Devi inserts autobiographical details in the following scene in Indian Tango with Velluram, the tea vendor with whom the writer strikes up conversation: "Velluram, the Tamil teaseller, smiling and toothless ...

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