Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An erroneous form of
Kelis . - noun Same as
cheloid .
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Examples
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One of our brave chelis has volunteered to sacrifice her independence (temporarily) to marry a foreign man, only to seek full naturalization and citizenship rights for bideshi jwais (foreign sons-in-law).
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"The chelis of our mau-samuha (mother-group) did not behave badly enough," says one member of the Jhan Charitraheen Cheli.
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Two chelis have a steady boyfriend - meaning, one each, not one in common!
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Chelet compredx inermcs, fubtus rubentes pun£lis obfcurioribus; pedes reliqui nne chelis.
Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; 1775
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