chokra
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]chokra (plural chokras)
- (India) Boy; young male servant, bondsman, boy dancer
- 1934, George Orwell, chapter 21, in Burmese Days[1]:
- At the foot of the veranda a chokra lay on his back in the sun, pulling the punkah rope with his heel and shading his face with a broad strip of banana leaf.
- 1990, Khushwant Singh, chapter 16, in Delhi, Penguin:
- 'Livin' is cheaper here,' he said. Back home we won't have an ayah or chokra.'