Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.461
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.461
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1727.—“He then began to form Projects how to clear Accounts with his Master’s Creditors, without putting anything in their Pockets. The first was on 500 chests of Japon Copper . . . and they were brought into Account of Profit and Loss, for so much eaten up by the White Ants.”—*A. Hamilton*, ii. 169.