Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.133
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.133
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c. 1760.—“The Albacore is another fish of much the same kind as the Bonito . . from 60 to 90 pounds weight and upward. The name of this fish too is taken from the Portuguese, importing its white colour.”—*Grose*, i. 5.