Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12844
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12844
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1820.—“An acquaintance with the customs of the inhabitants, but particularly of the *rayets*, the various tenures . . . the agreements usual among them regarding cultivation, and between them and *soucars* (see SOWCAR) respecting loans and advances . . . is essential to a judge.”—*Sir T. Munro, in Life*, ii. 17.