Lexicographical Neighbors of Penangs
Literary usage of Penangs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Ear mutilation in its most exaggerated form is practised in Indo-China by the
Mois of Annam and the penangs of Cambodia, and in Borneo by the Dyaks. ..."
2. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"penangs are in double grass mats half to three-quarter cwt. Madras, in gunny
bags, li to 2Í cwt. each. The loss on ordinary Madras sugar is 12 &• cent, ..."
3. With the Dutch in the East: An Outline of the Military Operations in Lombock by Wouter Cool (1897)
"... only visible at intervals through the dark green foliage—for the whole kampong
is hidden behind masses of cocoa-nut trees and bamboos, and penangs and ..."
4. Ten Years in Saráwak by Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke (1866)
"He boasted loudly, but allowed his loss had been trivial, consisting of three
penangs (betel nuts), three leaves of sirih, a little lime placed in an empty ..."
5. A History of the Mental Growth of Mankind in Ancient Times by John Shertzer Hittell (1893)
"The canine teeth are taken out by the penangs; the two upper middle incisors by
the Micronesians, ..."
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