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Definition of Stengahs
1. stengah [n] - See also: stengah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stengahs
Literary usage of Stengahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present (1807)
"... stengahs and dominoes, imitations of the great one ; dismay ! some of the
guests not arrived ; search party ; success ! exhilarating joys of the breezy ..."
2. The Seeds of Enchantment: Being Some Attempt to Narrate the Curious by Gilbert Frankau (1921)
"See-Sim, returning with the ice, slipped deft lumps into their glasses; poured
out the whisky stengahs;* fizzed aerated water brim-high; and resumed his ..."
3. Wanderings in the Orient by Albert Moore Reese (1919)
"While the saloon is not particularly in evidence the indulgence in stengahs (Malay
for half), or whiskey and sodas, is well-nigh universal among the ..."
4. The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present (1895)
"... for apart from the charm of his society, I could always count upon his support
when it came to a question of " stengahs," and the rest of our messmates ..."
5. The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present (1896)
"In this little house, a place of luxurious ease, the owner was taking tea and
stengahs with a circle of distinguished friends. Being offered champagne Ano ..."
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