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Noun: "chiaus"
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1811, Jonathan Scott, The arabian nights entertainments, volume 6, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 26:When the sultan of the genii had read the note, he called out to one of his chaoosh8, who immediately attended before him, and commanded him to bring into his presence without delay the genie who had enchanted the daughter of the sultan of Cairo.
1834, James Augustus St. John, Egypt and Mohammed Ali; or, Travels in the Valley of the Nile, volume 2, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, →OCLC:But the chaoosh, irritated at their fanatical intolerance and want of respect for his authority, menacing them with the punishment awarded to disobedience of orders, they reluctantly made way. […]
1874, Henry J. Van-Lennep, Ten days among Greek brigands: a true story, Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, →OCLC, page 161:[…] he once sought refuge with the chaoosh, or " chief of the guard," of Yenikeny, an old friend of his, who concealed him in his own house for a whole week. […] The sufferers would come on the following day to the chaoosh, and complain of the loss, of their sheep, when he used to promise that he would try to discover the thief, and threaten to inflict terrible punishment upon him. […] the chaoosh found his position very profitable, for in five months he made ninety pounds.
1885, Chedomille Mijatovich, “Boyana: a tale of Servian peasant life”, in Margaret Susan Mitford Tyssen-Amherst, editor, In a good cause: a collection of stories, poems, and illustrations, London: Wells Gardner, Darton, →OCLC, page 118:Before the wedding chaoosh reached an old Turkish bridge over a wild mountain torrent, he was met by a man with a long rifle carelessly slung across the left shoulder. The chaoosh offered him the big chutura, […]
Proper noun: "Chaouch" ("a cultivar of vinifera grape")
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1871, Handbook for travellers in Constantinople: the Bosphorus, Dardanelles, Brousa & Plain of Troy, new revised edition, London: J. Murray, →OCLC, page 144:The vineyards of Kadi Keui and Kandili alone produce in its perfection the chaoosh grape, which is considered the most savoury in the world.
1875, Henry J. Van-Lennep, Bible lands: their modern customs and manners illustrative of scripture, New York: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, pages 111–112:The promontory of Chalcedon, opposite Constantinople, produces the finest edible grape to be found in the East, which is called the chaoosh grape.