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Examples
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‘Thakin,’ she said in a low voice, half sullen, half urgent.
Burmese Days 2002
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'It must have been sad for a "Mem" or a "Thakin Ingalay" to lose him.'
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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_Thakin_ can understand that Absalom still lives, his blood is fresh and red, it is not dead blood that runs like treacle, it is living blood that spouts out hot, and that steams and smokes.
The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie
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"It was the morning I spoke of, _Thakin_," said the curio dealer, who had grown calmer.
The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie
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They slit his veins, _Thakin_, they are doing it slowly.
The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie
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Her dying words over and over were as you see: "Thakin Ingalay -- Bébé -- Mah Kloo."
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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In 1942 a young Burman who had been a member of the Thakin (extreme Nationalist) party and had intrigued with the Japanese fled to India, having changed his mind about the Japanese when he saw what their rule was like.
As I Please 1944
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Pheu Thai Party MP Natthawut Saikua expressed confidence on Saturday that more than 100,000 pro-Thakin red-shirted people would join a mass rally at the Government House on Wednesday.
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Thaksin's supporters dress in red to distinguish themselves from the yellow-clad movement that helped bring down a Thakin-backed government last year.
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Pheu Thai Party MP Natthawut Saikua expressed confidence on Saturday that more than 100,000 pro-Thakin red-shirted people would join a mass rally at the Government House on Wednesday.
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