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# Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.20

Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.20

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### [c10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.20)

In any case exaggeration is abundant. All Sanskrit literature shows that tippling is no absolute novelty in India. \[See the article on “Spirituous Drinks in Ancient India,” by Rajendralala Mitra, \*Indo-Aryans\*, i. 389 \*seqq.\*\]

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