qui-hi

1. IndiahistoricalAn 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.”

   1922, Edward Frederic Benson, Miss Mapp, Chapter 1

plural qui-his · alternative Qui-hi · alternative Qui-Hi · alternative Qui-hye · alternative Qui-Hye

1. IndiacolloquialhistoricalAn Anglo-Indian in Bengal.

   […] would find themselves at Galle regarded as interlopers by the Bengal "qui-his," as they are called, or high and mighty Anglo-Indians.

   1879, Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, page 107

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   The slang distinctive name for gentlemen belonging to the Bombay service; the correlative of the Mulls of Madras and the Qui-His of Bengal.

   1968, Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger, Asian Review, page 134

plural Qui-his

1. alternativeAlternative form of qui-hi.

plural Qui-His

1. alternativeAlternative form of qui-hi.