Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9195
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9195
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1563.—"R. They have bragged much to me of a fruit which they call mangostans; let us hear what you have to say of these. "O. What I have heard of the mangostan is that 'tis one of the most delicious fruits that they have in these regions. . ." —Garcia, f. 151v.