Cholon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Other foreigners just disappeared, like a reputed millionaire Australian who made his money in duck feathers, Keith Hyland, a trim, debonair 54, who visited his factory in the Chinese suburb of Cholon.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2018
Gallaher obtained a guitar and amp for his work in The Rotations from a shop in Cholon, where a man named Lam Hao made knockoffs, of Fenders primarily, Gallaher says.
From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2015
In a teeming market in the old Chinese district of Cholon, a small mob flocked around us, hands outstretched to hold her.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2010
Some of Saigon's worst fighting took place in Cholon, the Chinese sector and a traditional stronghold of anti-government feeling.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was promptly accepted; and after the lunch the party embarked in the Blanchita, and sailed up the river to Cholon, which is the native portion of the city.
From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.
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