[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) › c10.477 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.477 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.477 - **Language:** English ### [c10.477](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.477) 1738.—“The common \*apricot\* . . . is . . . known in the Frank language (in Barbary) by the name of \*Matza Franca\*, or the Killer of Christians.”—\*Shaw’s Travels\*, ed. 1757, p. 144. - [Previous: c10.476](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.476) - [Next: c10.478](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.478) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.477](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.477) · Pramāṇa