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Lord Minto in India choose

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[Ind] G. Elliot in Minto Lord Minto in India (1880) 29: At table I have hitherto been allowed but one dish – namely the Burro Bebee, or lady of the highest rank, and to her, therefore, I am wedded, and care is taken that I should be a faithful husband.
at burra beebee (n.) under burra, adj.
[Ind] G. Elliot in Minto Lord Minto in India (1880) 17: I was not prepared for the entire nakedness of the Gentoo inhabitants. [...] It seems really strange to a griffin – the cant word for a European just arrived.
at griffin, n.1
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