[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) › c10.676 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.676 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.676 - **Language:** English ### [c10.676](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.676) ∗ This word takes a ludicrous form in Dampier: "All the Indians who spake Malayan . . . lookt on those Meangians as a kind of Barbarians; and upon any occasion of dislike, would call them Bobby, that is Hogs."—i. 515. - [Previous: c10.675](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.675) - [Next: c10.677](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.677) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.676](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.676) · Pramāṇa