Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.268
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.268
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1807.—“A royal tiger which was started in beating a large cover for game, sprang up so far into the **umbarry** or state howdah, in which Sujah Dowlah was seated, as to leave little doubt of a fatal issue.”—*Williamson, Orient. Field Sports*, 15.