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Hobson-Jobson : A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases

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This work should appeal to an audience interested in words and their origins, in the history of colonial India, and in specialist fields such as the flora, fauna, diet and customs and practices of the sub-continent.

Apparently standard English words acquired new meanings in India - "jelly", for example, is a vitrified brick refuse used as metal for roads.

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RoutledgeCurzon
0700711260 / 9780700711260
Paperback
01/10/2000
United Kingdom
English
1062p.
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