| 单词 | penang lawyer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPenang lawyer 4. Penang lawyer: a kind of walking-stick, made from the stem of a dwarf palm ( Licuala acutifolia, Griffith), a native of Penang and Singapore. In England often misapplied to the Malacca cane.Apparently with jocular reference to the use of the weapon in settling disputes at Penang. It has been suggested that the name may be a corruption of Malay pinang líyar, wild areca, or pinang láyor fire-dried areca. The dwarf palm has prickly stalks, so that the notion may be the same as in sense 3 and in lawyer-palm n. at Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > other types of walking stick pikeOE bourdona1300 pickc1330 pickstaff1356 pikestaff?a1500 gribble1578 supplejack1748 crutch-stick1780 spear-stick1801 kebbie1816 Penang lawyer1827 alpenstock1829 thumb-stick1945 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxii. 73 With a Penang lawyer hugged close under his right arm. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes 10 His stick, which was a Penang lawyer, weighted with lead. < as lemmas |
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