Straits Settlements
Americannoun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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In Penang, Straits Settlements, bookmakers vengefully threatened to go on strike unless the police quit arresting them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week they received this note from Singapore, Straits Settlements, about 14,000 miles away: Of the thousands of different types of fish, only five can produce electricity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prince Svasti, 70, onetime Siamese Minister of Justice, later Lord Chief Justice, son of the late King Mongkut, brother of the late King Chulalongkorn, father-in-law of ex-King Prajadhipok; in Penang, Straits Settlements.
From Time Magazine Archive
Premier Stanley Baldwin had let it be known that the Stevenson Act restricting British rubber production in Malay states, Straits Settlements and Ceylon might become inoperative at some time after May 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
My correspondent, who holds a high position in the Straits Settlements, informs me that this dastardly traitor has already hinted to the authorities that it is in his power to disclose my long-sought rendezvous.
From The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Newell Boothby
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