See kee siao on Wiktionary
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"text": "1999, September 7, Panda on Skates, Singlish Poem, Google Groups\nTeacher mark your paper also kee siao. http://www.sgexposed.com/2013/02/singapore-sleaze-da-lu-music-lounge.html"
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"ref": "2013, Low Kay Hwa, To Forget You:",
"text": "\"He's a kee siao guy,\" Ridhuan said. https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=sGZKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT535&dq=kee+siao&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGtIui8PbLAhWEGo4KHVOQA4UQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=kee%2520siao&f=false",
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"text": "2015, March 7, limteh, Singapore is a big prison…, forum\nthat's why many getting kee siao...http://sgtalk.org/mybb/Thread-Singapore-is-a-big-prison"
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"ref": "2015 July 7, “Japanese AV industry turns to Singapore to find new male talent”, in The Batty Post, archived from the original on 2016-03-30:",
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