Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tightly fitted, often short-sleeved or sleeveless upper garment with a low collar and usually a high lower hem baring the midriff, worn next to the skin by women and girls in South Asia, frequently under a sari or other garment.
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- noun India a short-sleeved
blouse worn under asari
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The choli is a bodice which is put on the female child, who never knows what stays are.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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The choli is a bodice which is put on the female child, who never knows what stays are.
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The choli was a brief blouse that covered Mary's breasts, shoulders and upper arms, but left most of her back naked and Mary instinctively selected the most modest, but Lakshmi would have none of it.
Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997
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It's the little top called a choli, over the top you wear a coin bra, there's a skirt, under that go the pantaloons, and the hip belt or a shawl that shows the dancing of the hips.
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The sari is usually worn over a petticoat (under skirt) with a blouse known as a choli forming the upper garment.
RO.RSS 2009
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(or bambi in my lingo) had put her foot down and demanded for something different and not the usual fitted-draped sari with an almost backless 'choli', a humungous neckpiece and trademark
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(or bambi in my lingo) had put her foot down and demanded for something different and not the usual fitted-draped sari with an almost backless 'choli', a humungous neckpiece and trademark
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She did not speak when he lifted her effortlessly and carried her to the divan, undoing her choli and her ghagara, laying her out in front of his gaze.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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“Just one time, Ishaq,” she said, pleading, her fingers struggling with the ties of her choli.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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“Goharara,” Jahanara said, pulling the girl by the laces of her choli.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
jinglebelljosie commented on the word choli
a midriff-baring blouse worn in India
March 27, 2009
madmouth commented on the word choli
the blouse worn underneath a sari (though it's got other contexts, largely historical)
May 24, 2009