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joss-stick

joss-stick is the alternative form of joss stick.

Meaning of joss stick

Noun

joss stick (plural joss sticks)

  1. A stick of incense, especially (Taoism, Buddhism, etc.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.
    • For instance, Hawkins, Lewis, Hankin and Sengupta all cover the word agarbatti, an incense stick or joss stick, but there is no way of knowing when this term was first used in Indian English, nor whether it is now current or obsolete.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 300

Forms of joss-stick

pluraljoss-sticks

Questions about joss-stick

What is joss-stick the alternative form of?
Joss-stick is the alternative form of joss stick.

Words near joss-stick in the dictionary

  1. joss papers
  2. joss stick
  3. joss sticks
  4. joss-block
  5. joss-blocks
  6. joss-stick
  7. joss-sticks
  8. jossakeed
  9. jossakeeds
  10. Jossed
  11. Jossel

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