charkhan.
/ˈtʃəːkə/ A roller cotton gin much used in India.
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cotton gin1796
roller gin1803
charkha1880
1880 Markham Peru 122 A machine..very like the Indian churka.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 730/2 Such was the first spinning wheel which, in the form of the ‘charka’, has long been known in the East Indies.
1926 Spectator 6 Feb. 214/2 Gandhi..bade India spin cotton on the charka.
1940 M. Masani Our India viii. 102 If in the bulk of the homes of our cultivators there were a spinning-wheel (charkha) or a hand-loom.., they could satisfy the market which at present invites foreign cloth.
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