Bombay Duckとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Bombay duck (plural Bombay ducks)

1. An edible lizardfish, Harpadon nehereus, found in the waters around Mumbai
2. (India, historical, slang) A member of the Bombay regiments of the East India Company's army.
   • 1872, Sir George Webbe Dasent, Three to One, page 42:

     For her sake he recounted his Indian experiences — told of his arrival in India; […] of the Bombay Ducks, that celebrated European regiment, of whom every man could drink a quart of rum a day, and fight a pitched battle if need were.

同意語

• (Harpadon nehereus): bamaloh, bombil, bumla, bommelow

参照

• (member of Bombay regiment): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary