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samfoo

samfoo is the archaic form of samfu.

Meaning of samfu

Noun

samfu (plural samfus)

  1. A type of suit worn in China, consisting of a shirt with a high neckline bound down the middle with tassels, and trousers
    • Female dress, for example, immediately establishes race: sarongs for Malays, cheongsams and samfus for Chinese, and saris for Indians.1973, Alvin Rabushka, Race and Politics in Urban Malaya, page 26

Forms of samfoo

pluralsamfoos

Questions about samfoo

What is samfoo the archaic form of?
Samfoo is the archaic form of samfu.

Words near samfoo in the dictionary

  1. samethings
  2. samey
  3. sameyness
  4. samfie
  5. samfies
  6. samfoo
  7. samfoos
  8. Samford
  9. Samfords
  10. samfowlerite
  11. samfu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: samfoo (page history and authors); samfu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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