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kerokan

kerokan noun: a sometimes injurious traditional Indonesian folk cure wherein a coin or ladle is drawn across the back in order to draw wind or bad spirits from the body.

Noun

kerokan (uncountable)

  1. A sometimes injurious traditional Indonesian folk cure wherein a coin or ladle is drawn across the back in order to draw wind or bad spirits from the body.
    • Whatever injuries the women may have suffered, the lawyers said, were self-inflicted in the practice of a traditional Indonesian folk cure known as kerokan.2007 December 3, Paul Vitello, “From Stand in Long Island Slavery Case, a Snapshot of a Hidden U.S. Problem”, in New York Times

Questions about kerokan

What does kerokan mean?
Kerokan means a sometimes injurious traditional Indonesian folk cure wherein a coin or ladle is drawn across the back in order to draw wind or bad spirits from the body.
What part of speech is kerokan?
Kerokan is a noun.

Words near kerokan in the dictionary

  1. kerogen
  2. kerogenous
  3. kerogens
  4. keroid
  5. keroids
  6. kerokan
  7. kerolite
  8. kerolites
  9. kerolox
  10. keronopsin
  11. keronopsins

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