India Housen.
/ˌɪndɪə ˈhaʊs/, U.S. /ˌɪndiə ˈhaʊs/ Now historical.
(The name of) the premises in Leadenhall Street, London, of the East India Company and (later) the India Office; the East India Company or India Office itself. Also called East India House (see East India n. 1b).
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East India House1628
India House1705
1705 P. Causton Tunbridgialia 17 Whose jealous Company no more allows Of interlopers, than the India House.
1794 W. Woodfall (title) A Sketch of a Debate at the India House.
1853 Colburn's United Service Mag. May 137 All parties, namely the India House, the officers and men of the Indian Army, would be benefited by it.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 165 Scandinavian Thor..sits down at a desk in the India House.
1862 Merchants' Mag. Feb. 176 The Manchester Chamber of Commerce have received the following communication from the India House.
1926 Times 28 Apr. (Suppl.) p. xxiii/1 Lloyd's is to move to a fine site where stood the India House, the home of the East India Company.
1954 K. Feiling Warren Hastings vii. 75 The British in India were left in suspense, while the India House rocked in panic and faction.
2007 New Statesman (Nexis) 10 Dec. 52 The young Mill at work in India House, so full of intellectual energy that he took off his trousers..before settling down at his desk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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