beedi

plural beedis · alternative beedie · alternative bidi

1. A thin, often flavored, Indian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf.

   I always write with the music on and a bottle of good red. And smoke Mangalore Ganesh beedies.

   1990, Charles Bukowski, “letter, 15 September”, in Abel Debritto, editor, On Writing, Canongate, published 2016, page 198

   2 more examples

   I walk in, talking to friendly faces in my aces / Drinking beer, smoking beedis in the back where the bass is

   2002, People Under the Stairs, “The Suite For Beaver Part 2”, in O.S.T.

   She said: “In rural Tamil Nadu, the state I come from, Kaali is believed to be a pagan goddess. She eats meat cooked in goat’s blood, drinks arrack, smokes beedi [cigarettes]^([sic]) and dances wild … that is the Kaali I had embodied for the film.”

   2022 June 6, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, quoting Leena Manimekalai, “Indian director receives threats over film poster of goddess with Pride flag”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 06 Jun 2022