Anglo-Ind. Also classy. [ad. Urdu khalāṣī.] A tent-pitcher; a surveyor’s chain-man; a native sailor (Yule).
1785. Tippoo’s Lett. (1811), 171 (Y.). A hundred Clashies have been sent to you from the Presence.
c. 1813. Mrs. Sherwood, Ayah & Lady, 58–9. He instantly called the clashees, and bade them seize the boy.
1824. Heber, India (1844), I. 194 (Y.). If the tents got dry, the clashees (tent-pitchers) allowed that we might proceed in the morning prosperously.
