Meaning of chow mein | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood.
   countable, uncountable
2. A person from Northeast India.
   India, countable, offensive, slang

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Examples

“I saw⟳ a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain⟳ He was looking for the place⟳ called Lee Ho Fook's Gonna get⟳ a big dish of beef chow mein.”

“Our tasty grooves are better than a chicken chow mein!”

“Without access to key ingredients from their homeland, Chinese immigrants in the United States working on the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s improvised dishes like⟳ chow mein and chop suey that nobody back in their native land⟳ would have⟳ recognized.”

“Since I come⟳ from the North-eastern part of India myself and belong⟳ to a minority race⟳, I too have⟳ suffered from racism, at least in its milder forms. I’ve been called "chinky", "momo", "chowmein", and more.”

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