Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dialectal variant of chore, char.

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Examples

  • Someone said it's "choor", but doesn't that mean thief? en Español

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  • Iz mai turn tu cawl teh nummers…git choor reer in geer!

    Come’on…Agnes..Bingo - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Jabse meri aankhon se ho gayi tu door tabse sare jeevan ke sapne hain choor aankhon mein neend na dil mein chaina hai ek hazaron mein ...

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  • At first Kim had been minded to give the alarm — the long-drawn choor — choor!

    Kim 2003

  • _ A woman who goes out to do any kind of odd and dirty work; hence the term _char-woman_ in our polished dialect; but it ought to be _choor-woman_.

    The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings

  • Mineralogy _-alogy_, not _-ology_ nature _nature_, or _choor_ oleomargarine _g_ is hard, as in _get_ orchid _orkid_ oust _owst_, not _oost_ peculiar _peculyar_ pecuniary _pekun'yari_ perspiration not _prespiratian_ prestige _pres'tij_ or _prestezh'_ pronunciation _pronunzeashun_ or _pronunsheashun_ saucy not _sassy_ schedule _skedyul_ semi not _semi_ theater _the'ater_ not _thea'ter_ turgid _turjid_ usage _uzage_ usurp _uzurp_ vermilion _vermilyun_ wife's not _wives_

    Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood

  • Israel _izrael_, not _issrael_ jeans _janes_ joust _just_ or _joost_ larynx _lar'inx'_ or _la'rinx_, not _larnix_ literature _literature_, or _choor_

    Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood

  • At first Kim had been minded to give the alarm -- the long-drawn choor -- choor!

    Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • "Jo ham se tak rahega choor choor ho jayega," they chorused, punching the air with their arms.

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  • Hum to apnay mulk me jail main qaid dakoo / choor ka bhi bohat khayal rakhtay hain, unke khanay penay aur rahaish ka munasib bandobast rakhtay hain.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2008

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