Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.154
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.154
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1648.—". . . many silk stuffs, such as satin, contenijs (Cuttanee) attelap (read attelas), alegie . . . ornijs [*H. orhni*, 'A woman's sheet'] of gold and silk for women's wear, gold alacatijven . . . "—*Van Twist,* 50.