Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus./ W.I., Trin.) pertaining to East Indian culture.

[1901		Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 9 Jan. 1/6: Some Indian soldiers of the chutnee brand arrived at the ground].
1902		‘Dads Wayback’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 3 Aug. 1/6: ‘India an’ Chinese has got brains an’ muscles [...] An’ is they more moral, these Chows and Chutney coves?
1902		‘Dads Wayback’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 7 Sept. 5/6: ‘Who do ther hawkers go fer, ther chutney men, ther Chows [...] Ain’t it ther women every time?’.
1920		Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Oct. 16/1: Royalty’s attempt to moderate the anguish of our fellow-subjects Jam Chunder and Chutney Singh.
2006		R. Antoni Carnival 155: They were beating out the chorus of this year’s chutney hot, ‘Indian soca’.
2006		W. Chen [bk title] Chutney Power and Stories.