Chinaboy

English Alternative forms en China boy en China-boy Etymology From en China boy; compare Chinaman (etymology). Pronunciation en /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəbɔɪ/ Noun en obsolete now offensive ethnic slur A boy who is Chinese; a (young) man from China or of Chinese descent. en 1857 w:Herman Melville w:The Confidence-Man http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21816/21816-h/21816-h.htm XXII 181 I speak from fifteen years' experience; five and thirty boys; American, Irish, English, German, African, Mulatto; not to speak of that China boy sent me by one who well knew my perplexities, from California; and that Lascar boy from Bombay. en 1898 w:Fergus Hume Hagar of the Pawn-Shop IV http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0606101h.html In answer to their knock, a sleek, soft-footed China-boy, dressed in a blue indigo-hued blouse and with his pigtail down, appeared to admit them. en obsolete now offensive A houseboy from China or of Chinese descent. British Columbia Nightingale Lizzie, Alice and I were playing in the garden when our Chinaboy Bong came down the path—that is how I know exactly what time of evening it was that this new noise set me wondering, because Bong was very punctual.