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  • noun (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)

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Examples

  • Then there's the pollack, the kraut or blockhead, the coon and don't forget the slant-eye.

    Driving Without English 2009

  • "I laugh at the slant-eye Japanese logic that eating dolphins and other marine mammals are equivalent to slaughtering and processing cow meat and that OUR efforts to protect them is merely out of sentiment for these animals, just as Hindus do not eat beef out of religion."

    SOUTH PARK to Rip Apart Japanese Dolphin Killers in This Week’s Episode – Collider.com 2009

  • I laugh at the slant-eye Japanese logic that eating dolphins and other marine mammals are equivalent to slaughtering and processing cow meat and that OUR efforts to protect them is merely out of sentiment for these animals, just as Hindus do not eat beef out of religion.

    SOUTH PARK to Rip Apart Japanese Dolphin Killers in This Week’s Episode – Collider.com 2009

  • This slant-eye staring right into my scope, making balloons with his breath, was nowhere near as big as a barrel.

    ONE SHOT-ONE KILL CHARLES W. SASSER CRAIG ROBERTS 1990

  • There was lascars, of course, and Dagoes of various descriptions, Filippinos, Greeks, Malay Arabs, and every variety of slant-eye.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • There was lascars, of course, and Dagoes of various descriptions, Filippinos, Greeks, Malay Arabs, and every variety of slant-eye.

    Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • There was lascars, of course, and Dagoes of various descriptions, Filippinos, Greeks, Malay Arabs, and every variety of slant-eye.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • She is has been photographed in her underwear in pictures that appeared on Twitter and stirred controversy when she appeared in pictures striking a "slant-eye" pose on the micro-blogging site.

    NBC Connecticut - Top Stories 2009

  • Teenage starlet Miley Cyrus has been criticised by Asian groups after a photograph emerged of her and friends appearing to make 'slant-eye' poses.

    Contactmusic Ltd | Latest music streams 2009

  • She is has been photographed in her underwear in pictures that appeared on Twitter and stirred controversy when she appeared in pictures striking a "slant-eye" pose on the micro-blogging site.

    NBC Miami - News Top Stories 2009

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