kerokan

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noun

A sometimes injurious traditional Indonesian folk cure wherein a coin or ladle is drawn across the back in order to draw wind or bad spirits from the body.

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Meanings

nounkerokan (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA sometimes injurious traditional Indonesian folk cure wherein a coin or ladle is drawn across the back in order to draw wind or bad spirits from the body.

    Whatever injuries the women may have suffered, the lawyers said, were self-inflicted in the practice of a traditional Indonesian folk cure known as kerokan.

    2007 December 3, Paul Vitello, “From Stand in Long Island Slavery Case, a Snapshot of a Hidden U.S. Problem”, in New York Times

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APA

kerokan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kerokan

MLA

“kerokan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kerokan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kerokan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kerokan.

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