towkay

/ (taʊˈkeɪ) /

noun

sir; master: used as a form of address

Nearby words

towhead, towheaded, towhee, towie, towing path, towkay, towline, towmond, town, town and gown, town car

Word Origin for towkay

of Chinese origin

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Examples from the Web for towkay

Your elder brother is very rich— Towkay punya abang baniak kaya.
A Manual of the Malay language|William Edward Maxwell
Except for a Chinese towkay, I was the only saloon passenger, as strangers rarely visit this country.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines|H. Wilfrid Walker