Binky Nabob

English

Etymology

From Kannada [Term?]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Hobson-Jobson: "It is properly benkī-nawāb, from Canarese benkī, 'fire'."”)

Proper noun

the Binky Nabob

  1. (India, historical, obsolete) The commandant of the artillery.

References

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