Definitions
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- noun the basic unit of money in China
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Examples
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(The name kwaito comes from either the word kwai, which is Afrikaans slang for "hot," or a gang in Soweto called the AmaKwaitos.
Kwaito Blows Up 2008
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This week with Black Sabbath sang in Thai, a picnic with Faust, synth playing a strange bridge on the river kwai, Krzysztof Komeda and a lot more fantastic delights.
Archive 2010-05-01 baikinange 2010
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This week with Black Sabbath sang in Thai, a picnic with Faust, synth playing a strange bridge on the river kwai, Krzysztof Komeda and a lot more fantastic delights.
To have a good friend monsieur aperitivo 2010
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July 23, 2008 at 9:27 am teh won ovur teh rivr kwai?
Oooops, I tink I needz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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May 30, 2008 at 2:47 pm uh oh! did ai mayk yu kwai, gramma? ai sowwy. tew mush teezin? plz stawp kwyin! yu iz gunna mayk mee kwai!
i see London, I see France - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Yung Shang Him recalled that, while walking through a country village and dressed in appropriate Chinese attire, a pack of boys followed him and called out “fan kwai” (foreign devil).
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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May 25th, 2006 at 4:28 pm the tweetster just mentioned “bridge on the river kwai” helll-oooooooooooo?
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A good tea to make is a combination of nine grams of astragalus and three grams tang kwai root simmered in a covered nonmetallic pot no longer than ten minutes in two cups of boiling water.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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The Chinese herb tang kwai Angelica sinensis is considered a near specific for anemia as well as B12 deficiency.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Seiyu-kwai is that the party, unable for some reason or other to limit the number of candidates, had placed five candidates instead of three or four, and caused its own defeat by splitting the votes.
Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election John H. Humphreys
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word kwai
Q. How do you know if your piano is going to be trouble?
A. If it is a Kwai baby.
January 31, 2010
bilby commented on the word kwai
It's hard to read this word and not start whistling.
January 31, 2010