satay stick
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Malay:
sate/satay
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English:
stick
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noun
- a wooden skewer used to skewer satay, traditionally made from the hard midrib of coconut palm leaves, but in modern times (and as commercially sold) more often from bamboo
Ollivadai eventually picked out a satay stick from a shelf at the side of the shop, and pased it to Harris. "Twenty-one centimetres, was used for chicken satay. Hmm. Give it a wave."
— 2020, Suffian Hakim. Harris Bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher. Epigram. ISBN: 9789814845335