cutcherry
or cut·cher·y
[ kuh-cher-ee, kuhch-uh-ree ]
/ kəˈtʃɛr i, ˈkʌtʃ ə ri /
noun, plural cut·cher·ries.
(in India) a public administrative or judicial office.
any administrative office.
Origin of cutcherry
1600–10; < Hindi
kacērī, variant of
kacahrī audience house, courthouse, office
Words nearby cutcherry
cutaway,
cutaway dive,
cutback,
cutbank,
cutch,
cutcherry,
cutdown,
cute,
cute as a button,
cutesy,
cutesy pie
Example sentences from the Web for cutcherry
During the day the cutcherry or office is crowded with the more respectable villagers, paying in rents and settling accounts.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier |James InglisCutcherry, kuch′ėr-i, n. an office for public business, a court-house.
British Dictionary definitions for cutcherry
cutcherry
cutchery
/ (ˈkʌtʃərɪ) /
noun plural -cherries or -cheries
(formerly, in India) government offices and law courts collectively
Word Origin for cutcherry
C17: from Hindi
Kachachrī