towkay
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of towkay
of Chinese origin
Example Sentences
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One towkay recently told a Malay official: "If it weren't for the Chinese, you Malays would be sitting on the floor without tables and chairs."
From Time Magazine Archive
Your elder brother is very rich— Towkay punya abang baniak kaya.
From Project Gutenberg
Except for a Chinese towkay, I was the only saloon passenger, as strangers rarely visit this country.
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