单词 | chawl |
释义 | chawln. An Indian lodging-house. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > boarding house pensiona1652 boarding-house1728 lodging-house1766 private hotel1796 drum1846 boarding-place1854 lodging-hall1860 rooming house1873 chawl1891 model1899 guest house1925 kipping-house1925 pensione1929 pensionnat1963 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 7/2 The gaol-bird is..better off in every way in gaol than he would be in his chawl. 1898 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 25 Feb. 312/1 Some of the Bombay ‘chawls’ or tenements, containing from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants each. 1901 Q. Rev. Oct. 566 The so-called ‘chawls’, in which a large part of the native population lives. 1946 C. Batley Archit. 31 The conglomerations of regimented concrete cubicles known as chawls. 1962 Clinard & Chatterjee in R. Turner India's Urban Future iv. 71 Urban slum dwellers reside in katras, lanes, chawls, bustees, ahatas, and cheris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1891 |
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