Definitions
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- noun
whisky andsoda . From the Malay se tengah meaning one half.
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Examples
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"Tiga stengah," which means three fathom and a half.
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"Tiga stengah," he cried after each splash and pause, gathering the line busily for another cast.
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"Tiga stengah," which means three fathom and a half.
The End of the Tether Joseph Conrad 1890
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"Tiga stengah," he cried after each splash and pause, gathering the line busily for another cast.
The End of the Tether Joseph Conrad 1890
Adalberto commented on the word stengah
Booothby put down his stengah and went out to the shy peon who waited... (Malayan 01 Time for a Tiger, by Anthony Burgess)
May 21, 2015