chotaadj.
/ˈtʃəʊtə/, U.S. /ˈtʃoʊdə/ India.
Small; younger, junior; spec. applied to a ‘peg’ of whisky.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > young (of beings)
littleeOE
youngOE
younglyOE
younglinga1250
little waxena1325
greena1398
imperfecta1398
primec1429
unold?1440
juvync1450
novelc1450
unaged1486
in youth's flowers?1507
unbearded1560
unweaned1581
whelpish1586
ungrown1593
under-age1594
unhatched1601
infantine1603
springalda1614
unbakeda1616
unlickeda1616
juvenile1625
lile1633
juvenal1638
bloomy1651
youngish1667
blooming1676
puerilea1680
youngerly1742
steerish1789
chota1814
white-shoe1960
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [adjective] > specific quantity
chota1915
treble1964
1814 M. M. Sherwood Hist. Little Henry & his Bearer (ed. 7, 1816) 10 Boosy never left his choota sahib.
1853 Mrs. Colin Mackenzie Life in the Mission viii. 351 A horseman..asked for William as the ‘Chota Padre’.
1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 2) 44 Dysent'ry touched him in June, after the Chota Bursat.
1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 11 I tell this to the Chota Sahib.
1915 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 817/1 I was sipping a ‘chota’ whiskey.
1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 603/1 He..waited till the chota pegs had been served.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1814