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Chinese helicopters

Chinese helicopters is the plural of Chinese helicopter.

Meaning of Chinese helicopter

Noun

Chinese helicopter (plural Chinese helicopters)

  1. (Singapore, derogatory) A Singaporean who was educated in a Chinese-medium school and is not well versed in English.
    • The story goes that a recruit, when asked what school he came from, answered ‘Chinese helucated’, which went down in the army annals as Chinese helicopter.1985, M. Chiang, Army Daze, page 43

Questions about Chinese helicopters

What is Chinese helicopters the plural of?
Chinese helicopters is the plural of Chinese helicopter.

Words near Chinese helicopters in the dictionary

  1. Chinese hawthorn
  2. Chinese hawthorns
  3. Chinese hedgehog
  4. Chinese hedgehogs
  5. Chinese helicopter
  6. Chinese helicopters
  7. Chinese hibiscus
  8. Chinese hibiscuses
  9. Chinese home run
  10. Chinese home runs
  11. Chinese homer

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