Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.501
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.501
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1673.—". . . A mixture of that Race, the most accursed base of all Mankind, who are known for their Bastard-brood lurking in the Islands at the Mouths of the Ganges, by the name of Racanners."—*Fryer*, 219. (The word is misprinted *Bucaneers*; but see Fryer's Index.)