Chinee
Britishnoun
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In 1923, riots attended her first public recitation of a clamjamfry called Fa�ade: The sound of the onycha When the phoca has the pica In the palace of the Queen Chinee!
From Time Magazine Archive
Luck of Roaring Camp made Harte's reputation; the humorous poem The Heathen Chinee made him a national figure.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would therefore be a great pity, says the Heathen Chinee, to waste the real article, although I doubt not the priests would infinitely prefer it.
From Round the World by Carnegie, Andrew
I ayve read in a book about Chinee Tartars and magicians and conjurors.
From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.
When Bret Harte's "Heathen Chinee" devastated the country, and was so widely parodied, an imitation of it entitled, "Three Aces," and signed "Carl Byng," was printed in the Express.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) by Paine, Albert Bigelow
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