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1. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
2. bobachee, n. View full entry 1810
...A male cook....
3. chimney, n. View full entry a1330
...A fireplace or hearth. Obs. exc. dial....
4. chota, adj. View full entry 1814
...Small; younger, junior; spec. applied to a ‘peg’ of whisky....
5. chow-chow, n. and adj. View full entry 1795
... A mixture or medley of any sort; e.g. mixed pickles or preserves. Also, food of any kind. India and China....
6. chupatti, n. View full entry 1810
...A small cake of unleavened bread, generally made of coarse wheaten meal, flattened with the hand, and baked on a griddle. ‘The usual form of native bread and the staple food of...
7. conjee | congee, n. View full entry 1698
...The water in which rice has been boiled; used as an article of diet for invalids, and as starch....
8. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
9. dumpoked, adj. View full entry 1696
...Applied to a steamed dish of boned and stuffed meat....
10. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
11. home science, n. View full entry 1886
...= home economics Freq. attrib., as home science class, etc....
12. jungle, n. View full entry 1776
...In India, originally, as a native word, Waste or uncultivated ground (= ‘forest’ in the original sense); then, such land overgrown with brushwood, long grass, etc.; hence, in Anglo-Indian use:...
13. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
14. masala, n. View full entry 1780
...A mixture of ground spices, sometimes blended with water or vinegar to make a paste, used in Indian cookery (and later also in the Caribbean and elsewhere), the ingredients and proportions varying...
15. monkey, n. View full entry 1530
...Any of numerous small- to medium-sized primates belonging to the one of the three families Callitrichidae, Cebidae, and Cercopithecidae, most kinds of which have long tails...
16. mulligatawny, n. View full entry 1784
...A spicy soup originating in India. More fully mulligatawny soup....
17. one, adj., n., and pron. View full entry eOE
...Designating a person who or thing which consists of a single individual or unit, without the addition of another of the same kind; single and integral in number....
18. outstill, n. View full entry 1884
...In India: a private still licensed by government and situated outside the limits of areas supplied with liquor from central distilleries. Freq. attrib....
19. peg, n.1 View full entry 1440
...A short pin or bolt, originally made of wood and later also of metal, plastic, etc., typically tapering slightly at one end, and used to fasten two things together, to plug a...
20. pish-pash, n. View full entry 1834
...A soup or stew containing rice and small pieces of meat, esp. chicken....
