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shuha, shucha, shoga, shoka, shlauker, shlaaka, choka noun a coat, clothes 19-20. Compare schoochie etymology: origin obscure; forms shoga, shoka, shlauker, shlaaka, choka are attested in Shelta; perhaps connected with Shelta shlauker, shlaaka, or a development from Romany chuffa or Sanskrit challi with the same meaning; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies and form shucha also collected by Simson (1865) and attested by 3 of his informants note:

Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the forms Chókka, chúkka, cháho, Choófa ‘a coat’ from English Gypsies and also a form Shoóba ‘a gown, frock’.