[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.12958 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12958 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12958 - **Language:** English ### [c10.12958](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12958) SALEMPOORY, s. A kind of chintz. See allusions under PALEMPORE. \[The Madras Gloss., deriving the word from Tel. sāle, 'weaver,' pura, Skt. 'town,' describes it as "a kind of cotton cloth formerly manufactured at Nellore; half the length of ordinary Punjums" (see PIECE-GOODS). The third quotation indicates that it was sometimes white. - [Previous: c10.12957](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12957) - [Next: c10.12959](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12959) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12958](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12958) · Pramāṇa