Chinee
Britishnoun
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In 1923, riots attended her first public recitation of a clamjamfry called Fa�ade: The sound of the onycha When the phoca has the pica In the palace of the Queen Chinee!
From Time Magazine Archive
Luck of Roaring Camp made Harte's reputation; the humorous poem The Heathen Chinee made him a national figure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nex' mornin' de meezles 'd done kivered me, an' den ef I didn't git dosted by de ole 'oman I'm a Chinee.
From Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings by Harris, Joel Chandler
And Maly answer he request: "My like Chinee Joss-pidgin best: My love Kwan-wán21 with chilo neat, And Joss-stick22 smellee velly sweet."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various
I ayve read in a book about Chinee Tartars and magicians and conjurors.
From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.
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