Chinee

/ (tʃaɪˈniː) /


noun
  1. esp US old-fashioned, offensive a Chinaman

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How to use Chinee in a sentence

  • We are "heathen Chinee," and it is incomprehensible that we should know anything.

  • I need not repeat the poem, but the essence of it is that the "Heathen Chinee is peculiar."

  • Otherwise the man was dressed in his native costume; for here, again, the wily Chinee shows his astuteness.

    The Hero of Panama | F. S. Brereton
  • Who owns a mosaic bronch, Chinee flag on th' near side, Skillet brand?

    Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up | Clarence Edward Mulford
  • Here we call such as you a 'hathen Chinee,' and there was a Californan poet that wrote a whole piece about the likes of you.

    Little Sky-High | Hezekiah Butterworth