Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.175
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.175
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1404.—"And from these bazars (*alcacerias*) issue certain gates into certain streets, where they sell many things, such as cloths of silk and cotton, and *sendals*, and *tafretanas*, and silk, and pearl (*alxofar*)."—*Clavijo*, § lxxi. (comp. *Markham*, 81).