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hajji mart

hajji mart
 n.— «She arrived with two black footlockers packed with her belongings and Christmas presents she’d bought at the Hajji Mart, an Afghan bazaar.» —“Wounded soldier Diane Gilliam will cherish time with her family in O.C.” by Zaheera Wahid Orange County Register (California) Dec. 13, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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