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Definition of Chappals
1. chappal [n] - See also: chappal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chappals
Literary usage of Chappals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "Untouchables" by Smita Narula (1999)
"They then have to mix the blood with cooked rice and run into the village fields
without their chappals (slippers). The cleaning of the whole village, ..."
2. The Small Hands of Slavery: bonded child labor in India by Human Rights Watch/Asia (1996)
"These children make wooden heels for shoes, while the children from Rajasthan
make the leather sandals known as chappals. Times of India. ..."
3. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency by Bombay (Presidency), Bombay (India : State), Bombay (India : Presidency), India (1884)
"... or chappals are occasionally bought and worn by the poor classes when their
feet cannot bear the heat of the Bun while carrying head-loads of vegetables ..."
4. Gazetteer by Bombay (Presidency (1884)
"... or chappals are occasionally bought and worn by the poor classes when their
feet cannot bear the heat of the sun while carrying head-loads of vegetables ..."
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