cholin.
/ˈtʃəʊliː/ A short-sleeved bodice worn esp. by Indian women.
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1907 Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) III. 199 The choli (khāna) is a little bodice now largely worn by women below the sārī.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 419/2 A short jacket fastened at the back and with short sleeves is worn... In Sind..and other parts of western India it is called a choli.
1960 J. Masters Venus of Konpara xviii. 131 Her sari was pale green..and under it the choli was almost transparent.
1962 Sunday Express 25 Feb. 18/4 A floor-length bell skirt..had a little choli-style top.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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