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A Glossary of Reference on Subjects connected with the Far East choose

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[UK] H.A. Giles Subjects connected with the Far East 1114: PUCKEROW, TO. Slang term, common in India and China, signifying to appropriate other people’s property.
at puckerow, v.
[UK] H.A. Giles Glossary of Reference on Subjects Connected with Far East (2 edn) 6: Eurasian are often spoken of as so many annas in the rupee, referring to the proportion of ‘dark’ blood in their veins. Thus, ‘four annas in the rupee’ would be equivalent of Quadroon.
at [X] annas in the rupee (adj.) under anna, n.
[UK] H.A. Giles Subjects connected with the Far East (2 edn) 157: MULLS. Madras Englishmen are so called because of their good mulligatawny.
at mull, n.1
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