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(Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.

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Hobson-Jobson

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Source Word

Hobson-Jobson

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌhɒb.sənˈdʒɒb.sən/

Noun

countable obsolete slang uncountable

(Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.

Japanese Meaning

インドの宗教的儀式、特にムハッラムを指す（アンゴロ・インディアンのスラング、古風な用法）

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Every autumn the old neighborhood would revive a Hobson-Jobson, with drums and mourning processions winding through the streets.

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秋になると古い町内ではムハッラムの宗教行事が再び行われ、太鼓や嘆きの行列が通りを巡った。

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(Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.

‘You must be moped to death in this dull place; and next week is Hobson Jobson. Can’t you throw some dust any how, in the eyes of the cat, and meet me and Philip somewhere, and so get away to the Tamacha.’

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Sense（2）

(linguistics, uncountable) The assimilation of borrowed lexis, either partial or whole, to word forms of the borrowing language.

Falaun, s. […] gradually, by a process of Hobson-Jobson, this was turned into Forlorn.

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(linguistics, countable) 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.