likin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of likin
1875–80; < earlier or dialectal Chinese, for Chinese líjīn ( lí .001 ounce + jīn money)
Example Sentences
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The likin or tariff on goods shipped from one large town to another, will be abolished Dec. 31.
From Time Magazine Archive
The new tariff is not to take the place of the abolished likin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Powers represented at the Customs Conference signified "on principle" their willingness to grant China customs autonomy in return for the abolition of "likin."
From Time Magazine Archive
I didn't want to meet that crowd; they're not to my likin'.
From Glen of the High North by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)
Two boys staggering under loads of firewood did not escape so easily, but were detained and a log squeezed from each wherewith to light the likin fires.
From An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by Morrison, George Ernest
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