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schoochie, schochie noun a coat 19-20. Compare shuha etymology: origin obscure; perhaps a diminutive from shuha; Joseph F G S Lucas suggests a Hindi root; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; form schochie attestested by Kirk Yetholm Gypsies note:

Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the forms Chókka, chúkka, cháho ‘a coat’ from English Gypsies.