Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.291
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.291
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1727.—“There are some curiosities in Amoy. One is a large Stone that weighs above forty Tuns . . . in such an Equilibrium, that a Youth of twelve Years old can easily make it move.”—A. Hamilton, ii. 243.