chekan

Noun (1)

chikan (plural chikan or chikans)

1. Any act of public molestation or offense, usually of a sexual nature, against unsuspecting victims.
2. A person, usually a man, who rubs against or gropes others, usually women, in crowds, often in trains, to attain sexual pleasure.

Noun (2)

chikan (countable and uncountable, plural chikans)

1. (uncountable) A form of Indian cotton embroidery that is associated with the Lucknow area.
   • A collection of Calcutta chikan-work. Sent by Patna Chikanwala and Sons of Taltala, Calcutta1885, Official Report of the Calcutta International Exhibition, page 34
2. (countable) An item (such as a sari, bedspread, cushion cover, etc) that is made with chikan embroidery.
   • More and more people in India and abroad are getting familiar with the exquisite embroidered chikans of Lucknow, embroidered by the delicate and clever fingers of about 4000 ladies in and around the old city.1967, Traveller in India - Volume 11, page 31

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