Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15989
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15989
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1817.—“It was represented by the Rajah that they (the bailiffs) entered the house, and endeavoured to pass into the zenana, or women’s apartments.”—*J. Mill, Hist.* iv. 294.