Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.648
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.648
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1826.—"The lieutenant's visits were now less frequent than usual; one day, however, he came . . . and on leaving the house I observed him slip something, into the hand of the *Ayah*, or serving woman, of Jane."—*Pandurang Hari*, 71; [ed. 1873, i. 99].