Rum-Johnny en · NOUN
Meanings
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(India, historical) A native who loitered about the wharves of Calcutta seeking employment as a servant with newly arrived Europeans.
At length, one of my own domestics informed me, that he was a Rum-Johnny who had been discharged from my service, in which he held the office of mosaulchy, (or linkboy,) for theft.
1810, Thomas Williamson, The East India Vade-mecum, page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rum-Johnnies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |