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Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Mar. 291/2: Immediately after they heard a man (supposed to be the deceased) exclaim ‘O Bapre, Bapre!’ (Alas, alas!).at bobbery!, excl.
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Mar. 291/2: Immediately after they heard a man (supposed to be the deceased) exclaim ‘O Bapre, Bapre!’ (Alas, alas!). Asiatic Jrnl June 603/2: Geesdorp, without looking at him, caused the poor stolen Amboineese to be conducted to the prison, or black-house.at black house (n.) under black, adj.
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Dec. 773/2: And feasts and dinner parties were no more, / And simkin there was none.at simkin, n.2
Asiatic Journal and Monthly Misc. Oct. 487/2: A British officer [...] using a demeanour and language highly insulting to the Rajah of that country and his people, particularly in applying to him the word ‘banchoot’.at banchoot, n.
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register 27 51: I was not aware that a ‘bow-wow pie’ was of the number, though I may have eaten of it unconsciously.at bow-wow pie (n.) under bow-wow, n.
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Sept.-Dec. 193: [T]he vision of a brown muslin spotted with gold absorbed every faculty and arrested a due reply to the burra beebee, who had rescued this antiquated piece of raiment from the depths of some neglected wardrobe, apparently unconscious of the extraordinary sensation it would create.at burra beebee (n.) under burra, adj.
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register X 29: [T]hese unfortunates are said to be members of the ‘juwaub club,’ a favourite Indian phrase, which is exceedingly expressive of the forlorn state of bachelors upon compulsion.at Juwab Club (n.) under juwab, n.
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register (Jan.-Apr.) 116: I had no flaunting roués amongst my Mohammedan attendants [...] who smoked bang, drank liquids somewhat stronger than sherbet, played at dice, and climbed the walls of the neighbouring zenanas.at bang, n.4
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Jan.-Apr. 112: The most valuable persons attached to a Mofussil station [...] are the haughty, tyrannical, domineering individuals, whose impertinences and griffinisms furnish food for conversation and invective, to numbers who otherwise would be driven to their wits end to invent subject-matter for their daily banquets of scandal.at griffinism (n.) under griffin, n.1
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register June 124: I might have taken refuge in the adjoining apartments; but I felt unwilling to appear griffish, as it is called, before the family.at griffish (adj.) under griffin, n.1
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register 20 97: Doubts concerning the existence of the Juwaub Club have been entertained by persons well-acquainted with the nature and structure of Anglo-Indian society, perhaps in consequence of the secrecy observed by those who have the misfortune to belong to it. [...] [I]t is known well that a single juwaub entitles a member to admission.at juwab, n.
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register 20 97: [W]hen a Christian gentleman makes a proposal of marriage to a young lady, and is rejected, he is jawaubed, and qualified for the club instituted, according to common report, in order that disappointed lovers may be sure of consolation and sympathy from others who have suffered a similar fate.at juwab, v.
Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Jan. 39: Few readers of the Asiatic Journal will require to be told that, in Bengal, [...] ‘the Ditch’ is the soubriquet bestowed upon Calcutta by those who desire to disparage the city of palaces.at Ditch, the, n.1
in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Sept.-Dec. 14: Bengal, too proudly triumphing in her greatness, has now to bear the mortifications to which she delighted to subject Bombay, a place contemptuously designated as ‘a fishing village,’ while its inhabitants, in consequence of their isolated situation, were called ‘the Benighted’.at Benighted, the, n.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Review 33 38: Chapter I. Pleasant days of my Griffinhood! at griffinhood (n.) under griffin, n.1
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Sept. 38: [A] good-natured Englishman, who should present a Brahmin who worships the cow with a bottle of beef-steak sauce, would be decidedly ‘griffinish’.at griffinish (adj.) under griffin, n.1
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 52: However, I don’t think we have gained much by his budlee (successor), our new kummadan (commandant) a regular bahadur (great person), who dicks our lives out with kuddum ootou (drill), dumcows (bullies) the native officers, and gallees (abuses) the Jacks (sepoys).at bahaudur, n.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register June 119: ‘Halloo,’ said Marpeet, with a look of surprise, ‘where on earth did you get this beast? Why, he’s a regular terrier bunnow.’‘A terrier bunnow,’ said I, ‘what’s that?’‘Why,’ rejoined the captain, ‘he’s a thorough Pariar docked and cropped to make him look like a terrier; it’s a common trick played upon griffs, and you’ve been taken in, that’s all’.at bunnow, n.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Nov. 158: ‘Capital,’ said the colonel, who was in a bantering humour; ‘why, Prattle tells me it’s all settled, license written for, and that you are going to cart her immediately ha! ha! ha!’ [footnote: A strong phrase for driving a lady out in a buggy; in India, looked upon as symptomatic of an approaching matrimonial crisis].at cart, v.
Asiatic Jrnl May-Aug. 47: I‘ shall be ver happie; I am not engaged,’ said Miss Rosa, in a singular variety of the Anglo-Saxon tongue called the Cheechee language (Hindustanee idiom Englished), then new to me — a dialect which constitutes a distinguishing mark of those born and bred in India.at chee-chee, n.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 53: Tip us a chit, my dear fellow, by return of dawk, and believe me, My dear Marpeet, ever your’s very truly, Jonas Tippleton.at chit, n.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register Apr. 246: ‘Good marning, Sar,’ said one (it was near sunset), ostentatiously displaying his first chop English [...] and pressing his right palm somewhat gracefully to his forehead.at first chop, adj.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 52: I saw your name amongst those of a batch of griffs and Tazuwulaits (fresh Europeans), having arrived by the Rottenbeam Castle. Welcome back, my dear fellow, John Kumpanyka raj.at John Company, n.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 52: Just now taking a dekh (look) at the Calcutta Khubber (News), I saw your name amongst those of a batch of griffs and Tazuwulaits (fresh Europeans), having arrived by the Rottenbeam Castle.at deck, n.2
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 52: However, I don’t think we have gained much by his budlee (successor), our new kummadan (commandant) [...] who dicks our lives out with kuddum ootou (drill) [...] and gallees (abuses) the Jacks (sepoys).at dick, v.1
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 52: However, I don’t think we have gained much by his budlee (successor), our new kummadan (commandant) a regular bahadur (great person), who [...] dumcows (bullies) the native officers, and gallees (abuses) the Jacks (sepoys).at dumcow, v.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 51: Mark how he rattles, and says his agreeable things, with all the airs of a conscious ‘eligible,’ whilst the gratified vanity of the woman sparkles in her eyes and glows in her animated countenance.at eligible, n.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register June 119: ‘A terrier bunnow,’ said I, ‘what’s that?’‘Why,’ rejoined the captain, ‘he’s a thorough Pariar docked and cropped to make him look like a terrier; it’s a common trick played upon griffs, and you’ve been taken in, that’s all’.at griffin, n.1
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 53: Smirks, our adjutant, quite a burra admee (great man) since he mounted the kantas (spurs), bucking up to and devilish sweet on the spinster; but it won’t hoga (do); nothing under the revenue or judicial department will go down there.at hoga, v.
‘Memoirs of a Griffin’ in Asiatic Jrnl & Mthly Register May 52: [O]ur new kummadan (commandant) [...] dumcows (bullies) the native officers, and gallees (abuses) the Jacks (sepoys).at jack, n.1
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