Chinee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Luck of Roaring Camp made Harte's reputation; the humorous poem The Heathen Chinee made him a national figure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suppose you want to multipy twenty-five by thirty-six, Chinee system?
From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Henry Wallace Phillips
I ayve read in a book about Chinee Tartars and magicians and conjurors.
From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by W.B. Handforth
Nex' mornin' de meezles 'd done kivered me, an' den ef I didn't git dosted by de ole 'oman I'm a Chinee.
From Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings by Joel Chandler Harris
If we should forget the "Luck of Roaring Camp," "Truthful James," and the "Heathen Chinee," we would also forget Bret Harte.
From Study of the King James Bible by Cleland Boyd McAfee
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