[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) › c10.15883 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15883 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15883 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15883](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15883) 1727.—“Their Soldiers Pay (at Goa) is very small and ill paid. They have but six Xerapheens per Month, and two Suits of Calico, stript or chequered, in a Year . . . and a Xerapheen is worth about sixteen Pence half Peny Ster.”—A. Hamilton, i. 249; \[ed. 1744, i. 252\]. - [Previous: c10.15882](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15882) - [Next: c10.15884](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15884) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15883](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15883) · Pramāṇa