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| hob·son-job·son [ hòbss'n jóbss'n ] |
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assimilation of foreign sound: the assimilation of the sound of a word or words into the sound system of another language, as occurred when the French "vin blanc" became the English "plonk"
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| [Late 19th century. < title of an Anglo-Indian glossary by Yule and Burnell< Arabic Yā Ḥasan! Yā Ḥusayn! "O Hasan! O Husain!", cry used at Muslim ceremonies] |
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