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- noun Plural form of
churi .
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Examples
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She wore her hair swept back and had piles of sparkling "churis," traditional Indian bracelets, on her wrist.
Hyscience 2009
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She wore her hair swept back and had piles of sparkling "churis," traditional Indian bracelets, on her wrist.
RaceWire 2009
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Her hair is swept back and she is also wearing a bunch of churis, traditional sparkly Indian bangle bracelets.
Michelle Obama's State Dinner Dress By Naeem Khan (PHOTOS, POLL, VIDEO) 2009
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The females were uniformly attired in a skirt of dark-brown camlet, having a bodice of light-coloured stuff, with gold ornaments worked into their fine black hair; and all had the favourite _churis_ or rings of _hathidant_ (elephant's tooth) covering the arm from the wrist to the elbow, and even above it. "
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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