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pendoo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A hick; a boorish or uncultured person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, derogatory

Examples

  • 2015, Azma Dar, The Secret Arts His wife was no better, wearing red lipstick with a pink outfit. Pair of pendoos. She forced herself to stop thinking like that. After all, these two bumpkins were her future.
  • 2018, Nikesh Shukla, The One Who Wrote Destiny Chumchee, either revelling in my discomfort, or because he is a pendoo, doesn't move.

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