"Rum-Johnny" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1810, Thomas Williamson, The East India Vade-mecum, page 168:",
          "text": "At length, one of my own domestics informed me, that he was a Rum-Johnny who had been discharged from my service, in which he held the office of mosaulchy, (or linkboy,) for theft.",
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        "A native who loitered about the wharves of Calcutta seeking employment as a servant with newly arrived Europeans."
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          "wharves",
          "wharf"
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          "Calcutta",
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          "employment",
          "employment"
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          "servant",
          "servant"
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        "(India, historical) A native who loitered about the wharves of Calcutta seeking employment as a servant with newly arrived Europeans."
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        "India",
        "historical"
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  "word": "Rum-Johnny"
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