Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.121
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.121
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**AGUN-BOAT**, s. A hybrid word for a steamer, from H. *agan*, ‘fire,’ and Eng. *boat*. In Bombay *Ag-bōt* is used. 1853.—“ . . . *Agin boat*.”—*Oakfield*, i. 84.