[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.390 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.390 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.390 - **Language:** English ### [c10.390](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.390) 1716.—"I HAD more reason to wonder that night at the King's table" (at Hanover) "to see a present from a gentleman of this country . . . what I thought, worth all the rest, two ripe Ananasses, which to my taste are a fruit perfectly delicious. You know they are naturally the growth of the Brazil, and I could not imagine how they came here but by enchantment."—Lady M. W. Montagu, Letter XIX. - [Previous: c10.389](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.389) - [Next: c10.391](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.391) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.390](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.390) · Pramāṇa