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The East India vade-mecum; or, Complete guide to gentlemen intended for the civil, military, or naval service of the hon. East India Company choose

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[Ind] T. Williamson East India Vade-Mecum I 238: This little neat, cleanly, and cheap dripping-ladle, answers admirably; it being in the power of the babachy to baste any part with great precision.
at bobberchee, n.
[Ind] T. Williamson East India Vade-Mecum I 225: It is asserted, that if a capsicum be put among the gools or be mixed with the tobacco, fatal consequences will ensue; an instant attack of apoplexy taking place.
at goolie, n.
[Ind] T. Williamson East India Vade-Mecum II 38: All servants come upon being called only; there being no bells hung in any part of the country, and very, very few even of hand-bells to be seen. The common call, Qui hi! (meaning ‘who is there?’) often rouzes a dozen of the slumbering crew, though it is occasionally repeated, with some vociferation too, before one will stir.
at qui-hi, n.
[Ind] T. Williamson East India Vade-Mecum I 191: [T]he present banians, who attach themselves to captains of European ships, may, without the least hazard of controversion, be considered as nothing more or less than Rum-Johnnies‘of a larger growth’.
at rumjohnny, n.
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