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hallachore

hallachore is the alternative form of halalcore.

Meaning of halalcore

Noun

halalcore (plural halalcores)

  1. (British, India) A sweeper or scavenger; a person of very low caste.
    • The Halalchors, (who I occasionally mentioned a little before) are another sort of Indians at Surat, the most contemptible, but extremely necessary to be there.p. 1689, J. Ovington, edited by J. P. Guha, India in the Seventeenth Century, published 1984, page 170

Forms of hallachore

pluralhallachores

Questions about hallachore

What is hallachore the alternative form of?
Hallachore is the alternative form of halalcore.

Words near hallachore in the dictionary

  1. halla
  2. hallaballoo
  3. hallaballoos
  4. hallabaloo
  5. hallabaloos
  6. hallachore
  7. hallachores
  8. Halladay
  9. Halladays
  10. hallage
  11. hallages

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