cutcherry

 [kuh-cher-ee, kuhch-uh-ree]  

cut·cher·ry

   [kuh-cher-ee, kuhch-uh-ree]
noun, plural cut·cher·ries.
1.
(in India) a public administrative or judicial office.
2.
any administrative office.
Also, cut·cher·y.

Origin:
1600–10; < Hindi kacērī, variant of kacahrī audience house, courthouse, office
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cutcherry or cutchery (ˈkʌtʃərɪ)
 
—n , pl -cherries, -cheries
(formerly, in India) government offices and law courts collectively
 
[C17: from Hindi Kachachrī]
 
cutchery or cutchery
 
—n
 
[C17: from Hindi Kachachrī]

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