Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of boat or junk used in the Eastern Archipelago.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A kind of
boat orjunk used in theseas of the Malay Archipelago.
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Examples
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In the Sunday tragedy, six people, including a teacher, of Chung Ling High School, drowned after their dragon boat capsized after being hit by waves and hitting a '' tongkang '' about
nst online 2010
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Finally our tongkang arrives, but cannot find a berth along the crowded waterfront.
Archive 2007-03-01 Glenda Larke 2007
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Some days back, I wrote about our very, very slow journey on a large wooden tongkang with a 75 hp engine from Tawau, mainland Sabah, to Sebatik Island.
Archive 2007-03-01 Glenda Larke 2007
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Only thing is that this tongkang is a heavy vessel.
Archive 2007-03-01 Glenda Larke 2007
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Pesawat jet airbus itu, yang kini ditambatkan ke dermaga di Battery Park City di Lower Manhattan, akan ditarik, dientaskan dari sungai dan kemudian diletakkan di tongkang dan dibawa ke tempat yang tak disebutkan di New Jersey.
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Ia mengatakan kapal penarik itu mengandeng dua tongkang pada waktu pembajakan tersebut.
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Ia mengatakan kapal penarik itu mengandeng dua tongkang pada waktu pembajakan tersebut.
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They are attracted by the lights of the tongkang, I think.
Planet Malaysia 2009
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Mereka kemudian melakukan aksi di dekat kapal tanker dengan cara mengecat tiga lambung kapal tanker, juga sebuah kapal tongkang pembawa kayu bulat.
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It’s nice to have someone I can look up to and her experience is like the Noah’s Ark compared to the battered tongkang that I’m clearly sinking with right now (clap! clap!
natinski Diary Entry natinski 2005
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