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Straits en · PROPN

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1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical) Ellipsis of the Straits Settlements, a former British colony along the Strait of Malacca.
   alt of the Straits Settlements
   • It may have been originally in India, as it is now in the Straits, a closed litter for ladies of rank, and the word may have become appropriated to the open conveyance in which European ladies are carried. 1886, Henry Yule & al., Hobson-Jobson..., s.v. "Jompon"
   • Straits-born Chinese
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of Dire Straits, a British rock band.
   alt of Dire Straits

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