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Definition of Chaddars
1. chaddar [n] - See also: chaddar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaddars
Literary usage of Chaddars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Aryan Village in India and Ceylon by John Budd Phear (1880)
"For the winter season the elderly men and women have chaddars of thick cloth,
while at work they use very narrow and short ..."
2. Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab: With a Combined Index and by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1872)
"... chaddars." From information recently received from the district, I find that
the annual ... pashm or Kabul wool, which is woven into " Lahori chaddars. ..."
3. Report on the Revised Land Revenue Settlement of the Lahore District, in the by Leslie S. Saunders (1873)
"Muhammadans prefer lungis of a purple or blue color, and loin cloths of a blue
color. The Sikhs wear short drawers or pyjamas. their body called chaddars, ..."
4. A Vision of India by Sidney James Mark Low (1907)
"... saries, chaddars, bed-sheets, coatings, shirtings, &c., are sold here at a
very fixed and moderate price. Buy the Swadeshi ulsters, the strongest, ..."
5. The Aryan Village in India and Ceylon by John Budd Phear (1880)
"For the winter season the elderly men and women have chaddars of thick cloth,
while at work they use very narrow and ..."
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