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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Chackarally, n. [Cf. Chackerley.] ? A chequered cloth. —c 1650 Watson's Coll. i. 28 (J).
We had . . no proud pyropus, pyragon, Or chackarally there was none