Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.688
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.688
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c. 1866. “But I’d sooner be robbed by a tall man who showed me a yard of steel, Than be fleeced by a sneaking Baboo, with a peon and badge at his heel.” Sir A. C. Lyall, *The Old Pindaree*.