lo mein

[ loh-meyn ]

/ ˈloʊ ˈmeɪn /

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noun

a Chinese dish of thin noodles stir-fried with vegetables and usually meat or shrimp.

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Origin of lo mein

1970–75; <dialectal Chinese: stirred noodles

A tangle of slippery lo mein noodles shows up slick with chile oil, crisp with fried shallots and colorful with red cabbage and chopped scallions.
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And lo and behold, she was determined to sink the mining industry, and we were determined to fight for our community.
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“In a sense, the masses are not organized,” says Lo, who is with the South China Morning Post.
Occupy Hong Kong Hangs On|Lennox Samuels|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Beijing knows, as Alex Lo put it, “that it holds all the cards.”
Occupy Hong Kong Hangs On|Lennox Samuels|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "Behold, how ye prevail nothing; lo, the world is gone after him."
His Last Week|William E. Barton
The shaft whizzed away with force enough to delight him, and, lo, there was the first bow-and-arrow!
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
Impulsively I reached out, and pressed the parts of the ring into a close-fitting whole, when, lo!
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And lo, this Olympian being, this unfathomable man, descended from his cloud-capped heights and held out his hand to Tchaikovsky.
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"Lo-ong ways," she crooned, and her voice was the first attractive thing Bud had discovered about her.
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