(India, historical) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the British Raj.
1966, Paul Scott, "The Jewel in the Crown" in The Raj Quartet, 1966-1975.
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(South Asia) The shared home of a group of men who are unmarried or working at a distance from their families.
: Close by, but only to be glimpsed through the gateway in a high stucco wall, similarly shaded, is the bungalow once known as the chummery where three of four of Mr White's unmarried sub-divisional officers - usually Indians of the unco…
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