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[Ind] F.J. Shore Notes on Indian Affair II 318: On the other hand, on their first landing in India, they are surrounded by a set of scamps who are known by the cant name of Rum Johnnies: (a corruption of the Moosulman name Rumzanee, which is commonly given to boys born during the Rumzan or Lent) .
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