Hobson-Jobson (English, noun)
expansion: Hobson-Jobson (countable and uncountable, plural Hobson-Jobsons)
Senses:
glosses: Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.
tags: countable
obsolete
slang
uncountable
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glosses: The assimilation of borrowed lexis, either partial or whole, to word forms of the borrowing language.
tags: uncountable
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glosses: A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.
tags: countable
Forms:
form: Hobson-Jobsons
tags: plural
form: hobson-jobson
tags: alternative