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Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 57: A numerous, and not select, ‘tag, rag and bobtail’ of [...] villagers acting as beaters.at rag, tag and bobtail, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 57: A numerous, and not select, ‘tag, rag and bobtail’ of [...] villagers acting as beaters. Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 13: [H]e will call out ‘bràndee srob, oure belàtee paunee,’ (brandy and soda), in fact the ‘B and S’ .at b and s, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 119: ‘Hand me that Chotà-bundook (Pistol, but literally ‘little gun’).at bandook, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 112: Deep draughts of the maddening ‘Bang’.at bang, n.4
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 70: The Military ‘Big-wigs,’ — the Generals, Brigadier-Generals [etc].at bigwig, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 13: A ‘peg’ of ‘Bràndee pànee’ (brandy and water) or if, as he probably is, very ‘seedy,’ he will call out ‘bràndee srob, oure belàtee paunee,’ (brandy and soda), in fact the ‘B and S’ .at brandy-pawnee (n.) under brandy, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 192: His Coolies [...] goes [sic] in to the verandah for some ‘buk-buk’ (cit-chat) .at buck, n.4
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 11: The grand, luxuriously indolent ‘Burrah Mem’ (great Lady) reclining on her spring-couch.at burra mem (n.) under burra, adj.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 49: These other dames of mixed blood [...] called ‘half-caste,’ ‘country-born,’ [...] or in the vernacular uncomplimentary slang, ‘Chee-chee!’.at chee-chee, adj.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 117: ‘Chores’ — are thieves.at chore, v.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 95: The ‘Chotà Bábá’ (the baby) requires the services of a Dhye (wet nurse).at chota, adj.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 126: A friend [...] with whom he’d ‘chummed’ for many eventful months.at chum, v.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 117: Conveyancers of — other people’s — property.at conveyancer, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 14: [of Bengali servants] Our dingy and not over-industrious friends, Peeroo, Meero, or Azim Khàn .at dingy, adj.1
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 64: Occasional invalid ‘done-up’ passengers.at done up, adj.1
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 197: Of course, if Ràm-deen comes across a ‘flat’ or ‘griff’ as Johnny Newcome is called [...] victimizes him well and thoroughly.at flat, n.2
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 12: The young Griff, as Johnny Newcomes are often called.at griffin, n.1
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 10: ‘Qui Hye?’ [...] is an exclamation so continually used in the Hindoostanee vernacular all over the Bengal Presidency as to have gained for Bengalees [...] whether European, Ango-Indian (‘half-caste’) or native, the soubriquet of ‘Qui-Hye’s!’.at qui-hi, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 10: ‘Qui-hye’ [...] is a term that will be readily and pleasingly recognised by every old ‘Indian’.at Indian, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 19: Their ‘practice’ was splendid and soon crumbled the walls into ‘cocked hats!’.at knock into a cocked hat (v.) under knock into, v.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 23: So we of the Bombay Column had to march ‘Juldie-eck-dum’ (quick at once).at jildi, adv.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 12: The young Griff, as Johnny Newcomes are often called.at johnny newcome (n.) under johnny, n.1
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 55: ’Tis at this time, that Mr or Miss ‘Newcome’ commence their acquaintance with ‘Prickly heat!’.at johnny newcome (n.) under johnny, n.1
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 92: ‘If he don’t give us better cooking, I shall certainly give him ‘Juwáb’ (dismissal)’.at juwab, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 86: Cross-legged, as is the fashion of the knights of the sleeve board.at ...of the sleeve-board under knight of the..., n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 125: Every one [...] being quite tired, done-up and knocked-up.at knocked up, adj.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 220: The gay, glittering ‘cocottes’ and ‘lorettes’ of the Boulevards [...] of Paris.at lorette, n.
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 13: [He] is told to order ‘that d—d nigger to pull the punkà stronger’ .at nigger, n.1
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 13: A ‘peg’ of ‘Bràndee pànee’ (brandy and water) or if, as he probably is, very ‘seedy,’ he will call out ‘bràndee srob, oure belàtee paunee,’ (brandy and soda), in fact the ‘B and S’ .at peg, n.4
Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’ 18: This brave but rash oficer [...] was deliberately ‘potted’.at pot, v.
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