Bombayn.
/bɒmˈbeɪ/ attributive. Designating an animal, product, etc., originating in, or typical of, Bombay (now Mumbai).
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Bombay chair n. (cf. Bombay furniture n.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs
farthingale chair1552
side chair1582
high chair1609
scroll chair1614
Turkey chair1683
curule chair1695
reading chair1745
rush-bottom1754
conversation-chair1793
Windsor tub1800
Trafalgar chair1808
beehive-chair1816
nursing chair1826
Hitchcockc1828
toilet seat1829
kangaroo1834
prie-dieu1838
tub-chair1839
barrel-chair1850
Cromwell chair1868
office chair1874
swivel-chair1885
steamer-chair1886
suggan chair1888
lawn chair1895
saddle seat1895
Bombay chair1896
veranda-chair1902
X chair1904
Yorkshire chair1906
three legs and a swinger1916
saddlebag1919
riempie stool1933
gaspipe chair1934
slipper chair1938
Eames chair1946
contour chair1948
sling-back1948
sling chair1957
booster chair1960
booster seat1967
beanbag1969
sack chair1970
papasan1980
Muskoka chair1987
1896 Pall Mall Mag. Mar. 399 [They] succeeded in installing themselves in two immense Bombay Chairs.
Bombay duck n. (see duck n.1 10a).
Bombay furniture n. a style of furniture combining European forms with Indian ornamentation.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > types of furniture generally
wainscot1589
oak1829
casework1855
Chippendalism1880
Queen Anne1883
Colonial Revival1889
mission furniture1900
Bombay furniture1910
Chinese Chippendale1922
Danish modern1948
patio furniture1969
Populuxe1986
1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 185/2 The workmen who manufacture the most artistic Bombay furniture are a special class with inherited traditions.
1967 M. M. Pegler Dict. Interior Design 59 Bombay furniture, furniture manufactured in India after 1740... The furniture is a conglomeration of French and Portuguese styles and forms which are overlaid with typically elaborate and minute Indian carving.
Bombay hemp n. (see hemp n. 5).
Bombay pearl n. (see quot.).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [noun] > varieties of
unioOE
pearl of orientc1400
seed pearl1551
powdering pearls1606
pear pearl1647
Welsh pearl1681
peara1685
union1694
akoya1727
river pearl1776
orient1833
bouton pearl1851
blister pearl1885
Bombay pearl1885
teardrop pearl1904
cultured pearl1911
culture pearl1921
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 447/1 Most of the products of this fishery [sc. in the Persian Gulf] are known as ‘Bombay pearls’, from the fact that many of the best are sold there.
Bombay shell n. the bull's-mouth shell, Cassis rufa, used for cutting shell cameos.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > mollusc or sea-shells
buckie1596
blackamoor's tooth1700
burgau1753
seashell1837
Bombay shell1858
paua shell1873
black helmet1876
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > member of genus Cassis > shell of
helmet1753
Bombay shell1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Bombay Shells.
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Bombay mix n. British a savoury snack consisting of deep-fried gram-flour noodles, chickpeas, lentils, peanuts, and other ingredients, flavoured with spices. [Apparently a recent formation within British English. Similar snacks are known by a variety of names in different Indian languages; compare e.g. Marathi civḍā.]
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1982 Guardian 11 June 19/1 In Central Scotland alone there are now over 20 community businesses..packaging and distributing ‘Bombay Mix’, marketing home produced hand-made craft goods, [etc.].
1997 Independent 2 Apr. (Tabloid section) 3 I will spend entire weekend lying in bed thinking about sex, eating Bombay mix and chain-smoking.
2005 A. Notaro WWW Club ix. 64 She produced another bottle of water and a couple of cellophane bags of Bombay mix.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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