Chinee
noun/ˈt͡ʃaɪniː/
Etymology Back-formation from Chinese, using -ee.
Chinese Pidgin English
- But the hands that were played / By that heathen Chinee, / And the points that he made, / Were quite frightful to see,— / Till at last he put down a right bower, / Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.1870, Bret Harte, Plain Language from Truthful James:
- We endure our abuses of orphanotrophism even when they are repulsive to the heathen Chinee.1910 September 10, Bayard Holmes, “Orphanotrophism”, in The Lancet-clinic, volume 104, number 11, page 238:
- Related terms
- Japanee, Portugee