Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9167
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9167
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1631.—"Alibi vero commemorat *mangae* speciem fortis admodum odoris, *Terebinthinam* scilicet, et Piceae arboris lacrymam redolentes, quas propterea nostri *stinkers* appellant."—*Piso on Bontius, Hist. Nat.* p. 95.