Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.616
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.616
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**AURUNG**, s. H. from P. *aurang*, ‘a place where goods are manufactured, a depôt for such goods.’ During the Company’s trading days this term was applied to their factories for the purchase, on advances, of native piece-goods, &c.