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‖ chal
The Gipsy word for ‘person, man, fellow’: sometimes (with the corresponding feminine chai) used in speaking of gipsies, by way of displaying familiarity with them and their language.
1865Dubl. Univ. Mag. II. 25 Romany chals with their nomad tents upon wheels. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. I. i. 47 He..delighted the chals with tobacco. 1876G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xii. 134 The Romany chal marries with the Romany chi. |