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rotan

/ (in Indonesia and Malaysia rəʊˈtæn) /
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noun
another name for rattan (def. 1)
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How to use rotan in a sentence

  • The rotan saga is the ordinary rattan of commerce, but there are several others of more or less value.

    The Last Voyage|Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • He was sentenced to twenty stripes with a rattan, Kna hukum di-atas-nia gasak dengan rotan dua-puloh kali.

    A Manual of the Malay language|William Edward Maxwell
  • And Rotan, wisest of the wise, had passed on to serve his sun-god in another world.

    Two Thousand Miles Below|Charles Willard Diffin
  • "The time of deliverance is at hand," old Rotan said when he awoke.

    Two Thousand Miles Below|Charles Willard Diffin
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