kanchuki

English

Noun

kanchuki (plural kanchukis)

1. A tight women's garment worn around the upper body in India.
   • 1986, Deepak Kannal, Vaiṣṇavism in Indian arts and culture, page 456:

     On seeing the golden deer, Sītā requests Rāma to obtain it for her as she desires to make a kanchuki out of its skin.

   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 151:

     She had a lush body, her breasts were full and firm, held tightly by a kanchuki that exposed her shoulders and arms.

   • 2000, Monisha Bharadwaj, Indian Beauty Secrets, page 17:

     In Vedic times the upper garment was just a kanchuki, almost a strapless bra, that covered the breasts and could be made of cloth or tree bark.

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