Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.217
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.217
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1727.—"I was cleaning a vessel . . . and had Stages fitted for my People to stand on . . . . and we were plagued with five or six Allegators, which wanted to be on the Stage."—*A. Hamilton, ii. 133.*