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rice-queen

rice-queen is the alternative spelling of rice queen.

Meaning of rice queen

Noun

rice queen (plural rice queens)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A non-Asian man who is mostly attracted to East Asian men.
    • These were nostalgic gray wolves in this place, or maybe they were the ones who spent the money and brought in the chickens. A rice queen with a Japanese boy (maybe Chinese).1984, Herbert Gold, Mister White Eyes: A Novel, Arbor House, →ISBN, page 204
    Synonyms:
    Queen of Chinatown

Forms of rice-queen

pluralrice-queens

Questions about rice-queen

What is rice-queen the alternative spelling of?
Rice-queen is the alternative spelling of rice queen.

Words near rice-queen in the dictionary

  1. rice-eaters
  2. rice-mill
  3. rice-mills
  4. rice-paper plant
  5. rice-paper plants
  6. rice-queen
  7. rice-queens
  8. rice-spirit
  9. rice-spirits
  10. Ricean fading
  11. riceball

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