Meanings
nounPenang lawyer (plural Penang lawyers)
plural Penang lawyers
- A kind of walking stick made from the stem of the East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida).
It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a "Penang lawyer."
1901-02, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
Origin
Perhaps a corruption of Penang liyar, the wild areca.
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APA
Penang lawyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penang%20lawyer
MLA
“Penang lawyer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penang%20lawyer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Penang lawyer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penang%20lawyer.
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