What does qui-hi mean?
Qui-hi means (India, historical) An Anglo-Indian call for a servant..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · interjection
(India, historical) An Anglo-Indian call for a servant..
That he had seen service in India was, indeed, probable by his referring to lunch as tiffin, and calling to his parlourmaid with the ejaculation of “Qui-hi.”
[…] would find themselves at Galle regarded as interlopers by the Bengal "qui-his," as they are called, or high and mighty Anglo-Indians.
The slang distinctive name for gentlemen belonging to the Bombay service; the correlative of the Mulls of Madras and the Qui-His of Bengal.
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Qui-hi means (India, historical) An Anglo-Indian call for a servant..
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That he had seen service in India was, indeed, probable by his referring to lunch as tiffin, and calling to his parlourmaid with the ejaculation of “Qui-hi.”
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