Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.227
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.227
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1685.—"The Avogato Pear-tree is as big as most Pear-trees . . . and the Fruit as big as a large Lemon. . . . The Substance in the inside is green, or a little yellowish, and soft as Butter. . . . "—*Dampier*, i. 203.