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"ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 352",
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", A business owner; boss (especially a Malaysian Chinese or a Singaporean Chinese).",
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"word": "头家"
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"sense": "business owner",
"word": "tauke"
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"sense": "business owner",
"word": "tokeh"
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"sense": "business owner",
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