Chinatown
the main Chinese district in any city outside China.
Origin of Chinatown
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How to use Chinatown in a sentence
Further along the sofa, and tranquilly silent, sat Amy Li, whose Chinatown gallery is housing Net Band Command.
A ‘Truman Show’ For Today: The Return of Josh Harris | Anthony Haden-Guest | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The mainstream audience saw Chinese food as scary,” says Bonnie Tsui, author of American Chinatown.
‘The Search for General Tso’: The Origins of America’s Favorite Chinese Dish, General Tso’s Chicken | Marlow Stern | April 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChinatown, for instance, is a kind of smart trickery that is rewarding.
Fung Wah is the best-known Chinatown bus company—a cultural icon for those of a certain age and demographic.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry | Jim Epstein | November 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNot so long ago, the Chinatown bus industry was subject to fierce price wars.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry | Jim Epstein | November 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Well, somebody ought to haul him out of that hole down in—in Chinatown, or the Bowery, or wherever it is.
The Silver Poppy | Arthur StringerTheir whole barbaric East, he told himself, was only a Chinatown slum on a large scale.
The Shadow | Arthur StringerWhile still in Chinatown, passing a narrow alley, he was startled by two dark figures leaping at him from the dark.
Mystery Wings | Roy J. SnellWhat'll it be tonight; a ten-cent show or Chinatown once more?
An American Hobo in Europe | Ben GoodkindI've seen Chinatown people behaving better than—than we have.
Under the Law | Edwina Stanton Babcock
British Dictionary definitions for Chinatown
/ (ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn) /
a quarter of any city or town outside China with a predominantly Chinese population
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