mah jong
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of mah jong
from Chinese, literally: sparrows
Example Sentences
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My mother and aunts playing mah jong in the basement, gossiping in Chinese to the rapid clack-clack-clack as they shuffled tiles beneath an incandescent light.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2016
Urogynecologists joke that when one member of a bridge club, mah jong group, or neighborhood coffee klatch comes for treatment, the other members are sure to follow.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2015
He is said to use an adding machine to compute mah jong scores.
From Time Magazine Archive
He takes it as seriously as most people take mah jong; and he plays the game day and night.
From Time Magazine Archive
And I am sitting at my mother’s place at the mah jong table, on the East, where things begin.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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