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tongkang|tɒŋˈkæŋ|
Also tongkan, tonkang.
[a. Malay.]
A sea-going barge used as a cargo boat in the Malay archipelago.
1834Singapore Chron. 2 Jan. 3/2 The fourth [race] was a sailing match, between several tonkangs or cargo-boats. 1858P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 383/2 Tongkang, a kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Eastern archipelago. 1892Nautical Mag. Dec. 1155 Hydra, s.s. and a tongkang, in collision in Singapore Harbour. 1922Chambers's Jrnl. 8 July 503/1 A string of big, heavy tongkangs, towed by a puffing launch. 1950People (Austral.) 11 Oct. 16/2 It was a hazardous adventure but they brought it off in spectacular fashion, first by sampan and then by tongkan. 1972Straits Times (Malaysian ed.) 25 Nov. 87/2 Liew Kim..later became a trishaw puller and a tongkang builder. |