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Definitions of Hobson-Jobson:
  • noun:   (Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.
  • noun:   (linguistics, uncountable) The assimilation of borrowed lexis, either partial or whole, to word forms of the borrowing language.
  • noun:   (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.
  • noun:   Alternative letter-case form of Hobson-Jobson [(Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.]

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