chino
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< Mexican Spanish: person of mixed racial ancestry, usually Negro and Indian; further etymology disputed
< Mexican Spanish: person of mixed racial ancestry, usually Negro and Indian; further etymology disputed
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Chino
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Chino-
a combining form representing Chinese, in compound words: Chino-Tibetan.
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chino (ˈtʃiːnəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -nos | |
| (US) a durable cotton twill cloth | |
| [C20: from American Spanish, of obscure origin] | |
| Chino- | |
| —combining form | |
| See also Sino- of or relating to China | |
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Word Origin & History
chino
type of cotton twill cloth, 1943, from Amer.Sp. chino, lit. "toasted;" so called in ref. to its usual color. Earlier (via notion of skin color) chino also meant "child of one white parent, one Indian" (fem. china).
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Example sentences
Somewhere between a chino and a jean lies the perfect mix of rugged outdoor comfort.
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