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noun
A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
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noun
Jaw or cheek.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Jowl; cheek; face.
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History
Borrowed from Marathi चाळ (cāḷ), from Sanskrit. Doublet of cell.
From Middle English chaule, chavel, from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, jowl”). More at jowl.
