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Definition of Chitties
1. chitty [n] - See also: chitty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chitties
Literary usage of Chitties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"... (obviously the "chitties" of to-day), describes them as " wealthy merchants
of Coromandel, who traded in large ships." In my edition of ELPHINSTONE'S ..."
2. The Literary Panorama and National Registerby Charles Taylor by Charles Taylor (1818)
"Their letter is signed by 18 jurors The ancestors of the chitties many years ...
The chitties say, after fully and cheerfully acceding to tlie proposal of ..."
3. Tales of the Malayan Coast: From Penang to the Philippines by Rounsevelle Wildman (1899)
"I got into the chitties hands — they are worse than Jews — at two per cent a
month on a mortgage on my estate. Then I went back to it with a determination ..."
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