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Chinees

Chinees is the plural of Chinee.

Meaning of Chinee

Noun

Chinee (plural Chinees)

  1. (dated, ethnic, offensive, slur, Chinese Pidgin English) A person from China.
    • But the hands that were played / By that heathen Chinee, / And the points that he made, / Were quite frightful to see,— / Till at last he put down a right bower, / Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.1870, Bret Harte, Plain Language from Truthful James

Questions about Chinees

What is Chinees the plural of?
Chinees is the plural of Chinee.

Words near Chinees in the dictionary

  1. chine
  2. Chinea
  3. Chineas
  4. chined
  5. Chinee
  6. Chinees
  7. Chineham
  8. chinela
  9. chinelas
  10. chinele
  11. chineles

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