<span> The correct answer is - The rite of clipping of hair or shaving the head to denote admission of a candidate to a religious order, often as a monk; in the case of Hinduism, women of a high caste once widowed will undergo this in order to distinguish themselves from other women
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Checking time repeatedly throughout the night
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" his skin was almost the colour of grey "
" never seen a skinnier or sadder boy in his life"
"His hands are like a skeletons"