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Compendious Grammar of the Current Corrupt Dialect of the Jargon of Hindostan choose

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[Ind] (ref. to 1764) G. Hadley & M. Fitrut Compendious Grammar (5 edn) 57: In 1764 a foolish officer (one of the Company’s hard bargains as they are emphatically called) would touch the pots in which they were cooking.
at His Majesty’s bad bargain, n.
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