chandoo

English

Etymology

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Noun

chandoo (uncountable)

  1. An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium
    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea‎, Doubleday, published 1913, page 229:
      "The chandoo-shops shut up at six, so you'll have to see opium-smoking before dark some day. No, you won't, though."

References

1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India

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