Chinaboy

Definitions

1. A boy who is Chinese; a (young) man from China or of Chinese descent.
   ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slur
2. A houseboy from China or of Chinese descent.
   obsolete, offensive

Examples

“I speak⟳ from fifteen years' experience⟳; five and thirty boys; American, Irish, English, German, African, Mulatto; not to speak⟳ of that China boy sent me by one who well knew my perplexities, from California; and that Lascar boy from Bombay.”

“In answer⟳ to their knock⟳, a sleek, soft-footed China-boy, dressed in a blue indigo-hued blouse and with his pigtail down, appeared to admit⟳ them.”

“Lizzie, Alice and I were playing in the garden when our Chinaboy Bong came down the path—that is how I know⟳ exactly what time of evening it was that this new noise set⟳ me wondering, because Bong was very punctual.”

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