Meanings
nounstengah (plural stengahs)
plural stengahs
- MalaysiaA drink of whisky and soda.
“Push the boat out, Adams,” said Hart. “Stengah for me.”
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 771 more example
"It gives you the Tuan touch. You learn to clap your hands to summon your coloured servants, instead of yelling...to drink stengahs, instead of plain whisky, to speak of lunch as tiffin...God help us!" He chuckled deeply.
1975, Xavier Herbert, Poor Fellow My Country, Sydney: Collins Publishers, published 1988, page 129
Origin
- Malayse tengah“one half”
- Englishstengah
From Malay se tengah (“one half”).
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