Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Brazilian forest-tree, Magonia glabrata, of the Sapindaceæ, covering large tracts almost exclusively. Soap is made from its broad flat seeds, and an infusion of the root-bark is used to poison fish.

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Examples

  • Since text calls can be unreliable and it turns out that "tingi" buying is expensive, then an unlimited reliable voice call is much better!

    *Jozzua 2008

  • The "tingi" factor - buying in very small amounts over a period of time, actually ends up being more expensive!

    *Jozzua 2008

  • Since text calls can be unreliable and it turns out that "tingi" buying is expensive, then an unlimited reliable voice call is much better!

    *Jozzua 2008

  • The "tingi" factor - buying in very small amounts over a period of time, actually ends up being more expensive!

    *Jozzua 2008

  • Since text calls can be unreliable and it turns out that "tingi" buying is expensive, then an unlimited reliable voice call is much better!

    *Jozzua 2008

  • The "tingi" factor - buying in very small amounts over a period of time, actually ends up being more expensive!

    *Jozzua 2008

  • Hasil yang dicapai PT Indonesia dan AS serta perguruan tingi terkemuka negara lain tidak jauh berbeda dengan pemeringkatan web site yang dilakukan Times Higher Education pada 2007 dan

    ANTARA - Berita Terkini 2009

  • When I was a kid, I remember my brothers buying "tingi peanut butter" from the sari-sari store of Aling Gare which we ate with hot pandesal for our breakfast.

    Now What, Cat? 2009

  • With Filipinos 'penchant for tingi (buying in small amounts), the milk sold like hotcakes.

    House on a hill 2008

  • If Msibi is granted amnesty, we'll leave South Africa, "tingi Ngwenya refused to reveal the names of those hired to kill his son and several other people at a tavern in

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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