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Penang lawyer
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English
Etymology
Perhaps a corruption of Penang liyar, the wild areca.
Noun
A kind of walking stick made from the stem of the East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida species Licuala).
1901-02, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles:
It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a "Penang lawyer."
References
Licuala+acutifida 1
en Palm trees