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The Grand Master; or, Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan choose

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[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii 25: I’ve really to the bad Some thousands of rupees to add [F&H].
at to the bad under bad, n.
[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master I ii: A patent pair of goggle winkers, Conceal’d from public view his blinkers [F&H].
at blinkers, n.
[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master 162: By chance this same unlucky wight, / Stumbled upon the self-same place, / And fell direct in Qui Hi’s face. / ‘Oh bobbery!’ exclaim’d the man.
at bobbery!, excl.
[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master, or, Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan 48: The muse now blushes to disclose / The bobbery that here arose [OED].
at bobbery, n.
[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master Preface: And died at last with brandy pauny [F&H].
at brandy-pawnee (n.) under brandy, n.
[UK] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master [n.p.] v. note, Chee chee is the general designation the half-cast ladies receive in India [OED].
at chee-chee, n.
[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master 222: The Chota Sahib could dread no danger / From a pacific simple stranger.
at chota sahib (n.) under chota, adj.
[UK] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master VI. 142: Gentlemen, you may go to H—ll [OED].
at go to hell! (excl.) under hell, n.
[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master canto vii 199 line 10: (She) smil’d, declaring that she scorn’d him, / (She might have added that she’d horn’d him).
at horn, v.1
[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master 145: A well-known Mul. popp’d out his head. [footnote: An abbreviation for Mulkatany, a common appellation for Madras officers.] [OED].
at mull, n.1
[Ind] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master 145: A well-known Mul. popp’d out his head. [footnote: An abbreviation for Mulkatany, a common appellation for Madras officers.
at Mulligatawney, n.
[UK] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master VII 184: Come, Sir, another plug of malt [OED].
at plug, n.2
[UK] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master VII 202: Had he the pow’r he’d change the case, / And swing some col’nels in their place [OED].
at swing, v.
[UK] ‘Quiz’ Grand Master 11: A patent pair of goggle winkers, Conceal’d from public view his blinkers [OED].
at winkers, n.
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