num_pages: 280
description: 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 scholarlyhistory 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.
language: English
title: Sahibs, Nabobs, and Boxwallahs: A Dictionary of the Words of Anglo-India
titlecomplete: Sahibs, Nabobs, and Boxwallahs: A Dictionary of the Words of Anglo-India (Oxford India Paperbacks)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Oxford University Press