the conventional attire of Sikhs consisting of a long, loose shirt
chola in American English
(ˈtʃoulə)
noun
(chiefly in Southwestern US, esp among Mexican-Americans)
a teenage girl who associates closely with a gang of cholos or is the girlfriend of a cholo
Word origin
[1850–55; ‹ AmerSp, fem. of cholo]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ethylene, headhunting, overprint, proletariat, runoff