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Malay kisses

Malay kisses is the plural of Malay kiss.

Meaning of Malay kiss

Noun

Malay kiss (plural Malay kisses)

  1. The rubbing of noses as a sign of affection.
    • In the afternoon two women arrived with a large party of friends and relations, and at parting there was a general nose-rubbing (the Malay kiss), and some tears shed.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 165

Questions about Malay kisses

What is Malay kisses the plural of?
Malay kisses is the plural of Malay kiss.

Words near Malay kisses in the dictionary

  1. Malay bear
  2. Malay bears
  3. Malay camphor
  4. Malay gate
  5. Malay kiss
  6. Malay kisses
  7. Malay kite
  8. Malay kites
  9. Malay Peninsula
  10. Malay.
  11. Malaya

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