Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9279
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9279
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c. 1590.—“A meth fetches fodder and assists in caparisoning the elephant. Meths of all classes get on the march 4 dāms daily, and at other times 3½.”—Āīn, ed. Blochmann, i. 125.