Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gipsy boy; a lad; a fellow.
- noun In India, husked rice.
- noun Abbreviations of Chaldaic;
- noun of Chaldean;
- noun of Chaldee;
- noun [lowercase] of chaldron.
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Examples
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A Turkmen woman selling chal, which is fermented camel's milk.
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"What do you want with me, my Romany 'chal'?" he asked sharply.
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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"What do you want with me, my Romany 'chal'?" he asked sharply.
The World for Sale, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Well, Jethro Fawe, my Romany 'chal', you shall show me what a violin can do."
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"What do you want with me, my Romany 'chal'?" he asked sharply.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Well, Jethro Fawe, my Romany 'chal', you shall show me what a violin can do."
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Well, Jethro Fawe, my Romany 'chal', you shall show me what a violin can do."
The World for Sale, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
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a city or a country mean to a Romany 'chal' or a Romany 'chi', they who lived from field to field, from common to moor, from barn to city wall.
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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a city or a country mean to a Romany 'chal' or a Romany 'chi', they who lived from field to field, from common to moor, from barn to city wall.
The World for Sale, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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a city or a country mean to a Romany 'chal' or a Romany 'chi', they who lived from field to field, from common to moor, from barn to city wall.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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