Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15977
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15977
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1843.—“Our plain clothing commands far more reverence than all the jewels which the most tawdry Zemindar wears.”—*Macaulay, Speech on Gates of Somnauth.*