Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9120
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9120
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[c. 1848.—“The mandarin-boat, or ‘Smug-boat,’ as it is often called by the natives, is the most elegant thing that floats.”—*Berncastle, Voyage to China, ii. 71.*