penang-lawyer

noun

pe·​nang-lawyer

pə̇ˈnaŋ-

1

: a walking stick having usually a bulbous head and made of the stem of an East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida)

2

: the palm from which a penang-lawyer is made

Word History

Etymology

penang from Penang, Federation of Malaya

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