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ضَجُورٌ

Root: ضجر

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ضَجُورٌ : see ضَجِرٌ.
2 Also A she-camel that cries, or grumbles, much, on being milked, being distressed thereby.
3 It is said in a prov., applied to a niggard from whom property is obtained by degrees, notwithstanding his nig- gardliness, إِنَّ الضَّجُورَ قَدْ تُحْلَبُ [Verily the she-camel that grumbles on being milked is sometimes milked].
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