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Old 29th July 2017, 01:27 PM   #3
S.Workman
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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
In Solo a common ironic term for a big, heavy keris is "linggis" --- a spud bar (crow bar, post hole bar).
Thats great, I love that word play. I still wonder if a my keris qualifies as a corok, although my understanding of the keris is limited to a few books and the perusal of a few museum collections, mostly eclectic and happenstance. And of course what I have been lucky enough to learn here.
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