chukker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chukker
1895–1900; < Hindi chakkar < Sanskrit cakra wheel
Example Sentences
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It would be marvelous to sit through even one chukker again.
From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2015
Last week, as soon as the first chukker opened, it was seen that the Westerners would play Hitchcock polo too, with all the trimmings.
From Time Magazine Archive
When, on the opening throw-in of the eighth chukker Old Westbury's No. 2, Texan Cecil Smith, cut in abruptly to score, it looked like the end of Greentree's hopes�and it was.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the next chukker it was the West that fouled, the East that scored on a free hit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first chukker ended in mid-field, with the score 1—0.
From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot
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