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 Ax’inoman’cy.Aye’shah (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
A’yah (Anglo-Indian).
 
A native Hindû nurse or lady’s maid.   1
        “The ayahs, or nurses, are said to be the best in the world.”—B. Taylor: Visit to India, chap. ii. p. 37.
 


 Ax’inoman’cy.Aye’shah (3 syl.). 

 
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