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- noun an item of
Indian footwear, similar to aflip-flop with a toe strap
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Examples
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A protester also threw his "chappal" (slipper) towards Naidu but it missed him and fell some distance away.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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A protester also threw his "chappal" (slipper) towards Naidu but it missed him and fell some distance away.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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When I visited India last summer I stopped at as many chappal stalls as I could.
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From the card dangled a certified sho-shweet little Kolhapuri chappal.
Archive 2008-02-01 TheCooker 2008
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From the card dangled a certified sho-shweet little Kolhapuri chappal.
One Hot Package TheCooker 2008
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A key aide of Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, was attacked on Tuesday by a man wielding a chappal sandal during a rally in Lucknow organized by IAC.
NYT > Home Page By PAMPOSH RAINA 2011
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A key aide of Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, was attacked on Tuesday by a man wielding a chappal sandal during a rally in Lucknow organized by IAC.
NYT > Home Page By PAMPOSH RAINA 2011
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Omar Abdullah said that it is better that a chappal or shoe be thrown at him, because he will not retaliate.
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How many of you prefer to say "thanks" for a torn away shirt or shoe or chappal or even a handkerchief?
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How many of you prefer to say "thanks" for a torn away shirt or shoe or chappal or even a handkerchief?
knitandpurl commented on the word chappal
"Two weeks later, as Archie checked their route to Sofia, to no one in particular Samad said, "I should not be here."
As usual, he was ignored, most fiercely and resolutely by Archie, who wanted somehow to listen.
"I mean, I am educated, I am trained. I should be soaring with the Royal Airborne Force, shelling from on high! I am an officer! Not some mullah, some sepoy, wearing out my chappals in hard service. My grandfather Mangal Pande"—he looked around for the recognition the name deserved, but, being met only with blank pancake English faces, continued—"was the great hero of the Indian Mutiny!"
Silence."
White Teeth by Zadie Smith, pp 74-75 of the Vintage International paperback
January 21, 2011