SAMPAN

sampan

(noun) an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sampan (plural sampans)

A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars.

Source: Wiktionary


Sam"pan, n. (Naut.)

Definition: A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters. [Written also sanpan.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 February 2025

CRAZY

(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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