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Definition of koepanger in English: koepangernounˈkuːpaŋə Australian historical A person recruited from or through Kupang in West Timor to work in the pearling industry. forward of the hold was the small fo'c'sle where the koepangers slept Example sentencesExamples - Those at the bottom, especially the Malays, Koepangers and Filipinos, mixed more freely.
- Before the war we used to talk the Koepangers ' language on the boat.
- But steadily the stockpile on the beach began to grow and the two Koepangers hired as crew were kept busy.
- The 2,000 coloured persons included nearly a hundred Koepangers and more than 800 Chinese.
- That year, a riot broke out between the Japanese divers and the poorly paid koepangers who tended to comprise the crew.
- "Something has miscarried, Puppa," murmured the koepanger uneasily.
- From there I watched luggers coming in on the tide and dinghies bringing in piles of shell, with a Koepanger paddling in the stern.
- Of non-Europeans in Darwin, Koepangers were single men from Southeast Asia indentured to work on Japanese pearling boats off the coast of Darwin.
Origin Early 20th century: from Dutch Koepang 'Kupang'. |