wen n.— «Walking out into a small room attached to the house called the “wen,” a fancy-sounding word that literally means “harmless cyst,” she said the room, now an exercise room, was once a Japanese tea room ...
goat grab n.— «The Saudi soldiers feted the Americans, offering them juice, tea and platters of lamb and rice. Diemler explained it was “goat-grab,” where “you tear off a piece of meat with your hands, mix it with rice...
taitai n.— «Wealthy taitais, the fashionably dressed wives of powerful men, take breaks from their shopping marathons and spa visits to try costly varieties of tea and nibble the occasional har gau, a shrimp dumpling, or kwun tong gau, a...
tea money n.— «While Vietnam operates in a very centralized, federalist system, with little variance in local laws, a much greater variance exists in the application and enforcement of national laws. “Tea money,” common...
short eats n.pl.— «If your appetite grows during the day, you can stop at one of the many tea houses which dominate any town’s streets, and order “short eats,” a lovely collective noun for various snacks, such as small...
salami n.— «Another booster sprinkled on the tea estates is the decision to ease lease-rental payments—salami in industry parlance—that have impeded the revival of ailing gardens and choked fresh investments in the industry. Firms pay Rs...