bawarchin.

Brit.

/ˈbɑːwətʃi/, U.S.

/ˈbɑwərˌtʃi/

Forms: Also babachy, bobachee, bobarchee, bobba-, bobberjee, etc.

Etymology: < Hindi bāwarchī. O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) enters this under the headword bobachee and gives the pronunciation as (bǫ·bădʒī) /ˈbɒbədʒiː/.

Anglo-Indian.

A male cook.

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1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 238 It being in the power of the babachy to baste any part with great precision.

1863 G. O. Trevelyan Dawk Bungalow 18 And every night and morning The Bobarchee he shall kill The sempiternal Moorghye, And we'll all have a grill.

1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 35 He was only a maistry, or more vulgarly a bobberjee.

1920 Outward Bound Nov. 67/1 Here, you, bobbajee, khansammeh, send up a sack of potatoes.

1958 Manch. Guardian 11 June 3/2 Sergeant Frederick McManus, who joined the army in 1937, said, ‘..I miss the cooks—bobajees we used to call them.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bawarchi
释义	bawarchin. Brit. /ˈbɑːwətʃi/, U.S. /ˈbɑwərˌtʃi/ Forms: Also babachy, bobachee, bobarchee, bobba-, bobberjee, etc. Etymology: < Hindi bāwarchī. O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) enters this under the headword bobachee and gives the pronunciation as (bǫ·bădʒī) /ˈbɒbədʒiː/. Anglo-Indian. A male cook. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > male cook bawarchi1810 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 238 It being in the power of the babachy to baste any part with great precision. 1863 G. O. Trevelyan Dawk Bungalow 18 And every night and morning The Bobarchee he shall kill The sempiternal Moorghye, And we'll all have a grill. 1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 35 He was only a maistry, or more vulgarly a bobberjee. 1920 Outward Bound Nov. 67/1 Here, you, bobbajee, khansammeh, send up a sack of potatoes. 1958 Manch. Guardian 11 June 3/2 Sergeant Frederick McManus, who joined the army in 1937, said, ‘..I miss the cooks—bobajees we used to call them.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1810
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