Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs

Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 284
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Download or read book Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs written by Ivor Lewis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new dictionary not only presents the known vocabulary of Anglo-India, but also provides the sources, etymologies, and usages of the words of the past 350 years. With an extensive historical introduction and register of references, this complete source offers a lively and scholarly history of previous lexicographical work in this area as well as a socio-linguistic analysis of the growth of Anglo-Indian words and their use in the literature of India.


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