chucklern.1
/ˈtʃʌkl̩ə/, /ˈtʃʌklə/, U.S. /ˈtʃək(ə)lər/ One who chuckles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
chucklern.2
/ˈtʃʌkl̩ə/, /ˈtʃʌklə/, U.S. /ˈtʃək(ə)lər/ One of a very low caste in Southern India, the members of which are tanners or cobblers; colloquial a native shoemaker.
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clicker1699
chuckler1759
chamber-master1823
shoemakeress1860
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste
Kunbi1598
pariah1613
Shudra1630
Vaishya1665
chuckler1759
bhangi1823
Kori1839
Mahar1855
sweeper1859
Kola1873
Sansi1882
Panchama1893
untouchable1909
Harijan1931
Scheduled Caste1935
Dalit1948
Scheduled Tribe1957
1759 in E. Ives Voy. India (1773) 26 Shackelays are shoemakers.
1869 W. Elliot in Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. London 1868–9 1 102 The Komatis or mercantile caste of Madras..are required to send an offering of betel to the chucklers or shoemakers before contracting their marriages.
1887 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 805/2 The chucklers of the nearest village were despatched into the jungle to secure the trophies of the chase.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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