stengah
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of stengah
from Malay sa tengah one half
Example Sentences
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Any chappie askin' for a "gin stengah" at the Yellow Dog in K.L. would be hooted off the verandah before you could say knife.
From Time Magazine Archive
When one has knocked about the federated Malay States for donkeys' years, as one has, one learns that "stengah" means a small whisky and water, nothing more, nothing less.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Stengah," he observed, reaching for the bottle.
From Project Gutenberg
"Tiga stengah," he cried after each splash and pause, gathering the line busily for another cast.
From Project Gutenberg
"Tiga stengah," which means three fathom and a half.
From Project Gutenberg
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