stengahn.

/ˈstɛŋə/

Forms: Also stingah.

Etymology: < Malay setengah half.

A half measure of whisky with soda (sometimes water), popular amongst the British in Malaysia.

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1899 Munsey's Mag. XXI. 697/1 The majority of young Englishmen and Germans fared equally well when they limited the numbers of whiskies and sodas (or ‘stengahs’) which they drank.

1903 W. Del Mar Around World through Japan vii. 64 A ‘peg’ of whiskey and tonic-water, followed by a stengah (the Malay word for half, usually pronounced stinger) or split drink.

1921 Chambers's Jrnl. 594/2 Come on, Crawford, and join me in a stengah.

1927 H. M. Tomlinson Gallions Reach xxiv. 184 A stengah..is a small whisky and soda.

1927 Blackwood's Mag. June 726/1 At this establishment we learn all about gin-slings and ‘Stingahs’.

1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven i. 14 Stewards..to bring him..stengahs and pahits whenever he wanted them.

1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya xiii. 156 Malays could not be seen publicly knocking back stengahs.

1975 ‘G. Black’ Big Wind for Summer i. 18 When I was a boy in Malaysia a whisky-soda was called a stengah. It hasn't been for twenty-five years.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	stengah
释义	stengahn. /ˈstɛŋə/ Forms: Also stingah. Etymology: < Malay setengah half. A half measure of whisky with soda (sometimes water), popular amongst the British in Malaysia. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > drinks made with whisky Yankee1804 Athole brose1818 whisky-and-soda1898 stengah1899 whisky-soda1915 whisky-water1919 1899 Munsey's Mag. XXI. 697/1 The majority of young Englishmen and Germans fared equally well when they limited the numbers of whiskies and sodas (or ‘stengahs’) which they drank. 1903 W. Del Mar Around World through Japan vii. 64 A ‘peg’ of whiskey and tonic-water, followed by a stengah (the Malay word for half, usually pronounced stinger) or split drink. 1921 Chambers's Jrnl. 594/2 Come on, Crawford, and join me in a stengah. 1927 H. M. Tomlinson Gallions Reach xxiv. 184 A stengah..is a small whisky and soda. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. June 726/1 At this establishment we learn all about gin-slings and ‘Stingahs’. 1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven i. 14 Stewards..to bring him..stengahs and pahits whenever he wanted them. 1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya xiii. 156 Malays could not be seen publicly knocking back stengahs. 1975 ‘G. Black’ Big Wind for Summer i. 18 When I was a boy in Malaysia a whisky-soda was called a stengah. It hasn't been for twenty-five years. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1899
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