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Chino

//ˈtʃinoʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms wordnet

Etymology

A term used by American veterans of the Spanish-American war. It is theorized that the cloth or the trousers were made in China. The American Heritage Dictionary says that the word is from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted", in reference to its usual color. But this is not a usual meaning of the Spanish word.

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