Vulgar words in In Court and Kampong - Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula (Page 1)

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coffin nail x 1
damn x 1
            

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The insects are awake all night, and the little workman bird sits on a tree close by you and drives coffin nails without number.

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Murder was frequently done for the most trivial causes, and a Malay often drew a knife, when an Englishman would have been content to drop a damn.

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