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‖ chupatti Anglo-Ind.|tʃəˈpɑːtɪ, -æ-|
Also chapata, chapati, chapatti, chappati, chowpatty, -ie, chupatty.
[Hindī chapāti.]
A small cake of unleavened bread, generally made of coarse wheaten meal, flattened with the hand, and baked on a griddle. ‘The usual form of native bread and the staple food of Upper India’ (Yule).
1810Williamson E. India Vade Mec. II. 348 (Y.) Chowpatties or bannocks. 1858J. B. Norton Topics 67 The passage of the chupatties attracted little attention, and every sign seems to have been neglected. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Chapata (Hindustani), a thin unleavened cake of flour and water, toasted or baked over a fire. 1880McCarthy Own Time III. xxxii. 65. 1883 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs v. 87 To give him a chowpatti..to keep his wretched old body alive. 1888Kipling City Dreadf. Nt. (1891) 107 One-third is fair and shiny chupatti. 1898Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. 4/3 All histories of the Mutiny relate that about the time of the outbreak mysterious ‘chapatis’ began to circulate among the people. 1934F. Stark Valleys of Assassins v. 282 A wizened baby doomed to die was being fed on milk and chupattis. 1963Times 14 Feb. 14/7 We fed them on roast goat and greasy rice and chupattis and tea. 1965E. Linton World in Grain of Sand ii. 19 The staple diet of dal and chapattis (beans and unleavened bread). 1970Guardian 8 Apr. 12/3 Young ladies have been dispensing tea and chappatis to hungry comrades. |