Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.600
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.600
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1712.—In the *Spectator* of this year are advertised “a purple and gold *Atlas* gown” and “a scarlet and gold *Atlas* petticoat edged with silver.”—*Cited in Malcolm’s Anecdotes* (1808), 429.