Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.118
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.118
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c10.118
AGDAUN, s. A hybrid H. word from H. *āg* and P. *dān*, made in imitation of *pik-dān, kalam-dān, shama-dān* (‘spittoon, pencase, candlestick’). It means a small vessel for holding fire to light a cheroot.