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Kling

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Archaic form of Kalinga. alt-of, archaic
Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of Kalinga. alt-of, archaic, plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Keling. alt-of, alternative

    "The native Malays are usually fishermen and boatmen, and they form the main body of the police. The Portuguese of Malacca supply a large number of the clerks and smaller merchants. The Klings of Western India are a numerous body of Mahometans, and, with many Arabs, are petty merchants and shopkeepers. The grooms and washermen are all Bengalees, and there is a small but highly respectable class of Parsee merchants."

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