sb. pl. [f. Colonies + India, with ending as in Fisheries, the name of a previous Exhibition. ‘Colind’ was the registered telegraphic address; whence, Colindia, Colindies, Colindian, also proposed names. See Daily Telegraph, 8 May 1886.] A half-jocular name for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition held in London in 1886.
1886. Ch. Times, 7 May, 347/2. As it is chiefly concerned with the Colonies and India, it has been proposed to call it the ‘Colinderies.’
1887. Fortn. Rev., March, 384. The educationally useful exhibits of the late ‘Colinderies.’
