Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.464

1876.—“The metal cases of his baggage are disagreeably suggestive of White Ants, and such omnivorous vermin.”—*Sat. Review*, No. 1057, p. 6.