beetle nut

English

Noun

beetle nut (plural beetle nuts)

  1. Alternative spelling of betel nut.
    • 1772, William Bolts, Considerations On India Affairs, Almon, page 164:
      Among other things, he gave them his opinion, "that it was the encroachments made upon the Nabob's prescriptive rights, by the Governor and Council, and the rest of the servants in Bengal trading in the articles of salt, beetle-nut and tobacco, which had greatly contributed to hasten and bring on the troubles with the Nabob Coffim Ally Khawn.
    • 1792, Quintin Craufurd, Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History, Religion, Learning and Manners of the Hindoos, with a Concise Account of the Present State of the Native Powers of Hindostan. 2. Ed, T. cadell, page 108:
      No longer ago than the fixth century it contained thirty thousand shops and stalls where beetle-nut was sold*.
    • 1804, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Reports from Committees, Volume 4, page 128:
      Your Committee find, That is the last Regulation in the Books and Correspondence of the Company respecting Duties on Salt, Beetle Nut, or Tobacco.
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