1874 J. Grant Fairer Than a Fairy II 52: ‘But it is always the season here for plenty of gup among the Ditchers, as the residents of Calcutta are called,’ Jack remarked.at Ditcher (n.) under Ditch, the, n.1
1874 J. Grant Fairer Than a Fairy II 52: ‘But it is always the season here for plenty of gup among the Ditchers, as the residents of Calcutta are called,’ Jack remarked.at gup, n.1
1874 J. Grant Fairer Than a Fairy II 14: ‘[H]ence a description of the holder should always be appended, to prevent these Rum Johnnies from imposing upon us.’ [...] The servants, too, were of the Rum-Johnny order – a dissolute, dirty set of Mahomedans, whom I have before described – those usually picked up by young officers on account of their speaking the English language.at rumjohnny, n.