Hankin pays generous tribute to his forbears...But in all innocence, Hankin may have dealt his bedside companion (Hobson-Jobson) a mortal blow. Hanklyn Janklyn has all its precursor`s qualities but it is more up to date (in definition, and often in spelling) subtler and more explicit." - David Spiller, Times Literary Supplement. In the tradition of Hobson-Jobson, this dictionary contains Indo-English idioms and English words derived from Hindi. It serves as ...
