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Chinee

//ˈt͡ʃaɪniː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person from China. dated, ethnic, offensive, slur

    "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."

Etymology

Back-formation from Chinese, using -ee.

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