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In California the word "Chinawoman" is synonymous with what is most vile and disgusting.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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As he walked with his brothers and the "Chinawoman" through the heat and smoke of the sidewalk restaurants, he remembered having been very hot the previous night and how he had felt so miserably trapped under the mosquito net like a fish in the web and snare of its net.
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In her journal, she commented on their behavior: I think the Chinese are much more civil than either American or English people would have been if a Chinawoman with little feet had appeared in our streets, dressed in the costume of her country.
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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She was from Tejas, and her name was Susanne Greene, or Greene Zhu Xan as the Chinawoman madame called her.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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When he had had his five cups, and his wife had got her cigarette perched in the end of a long, long, slim, white holder, and was puffing like a little Chinawoman from the distance, there was a little lull.
The Captain's Doll 2003
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I should get a nice Chinawoman like your brother Kumpee and then run off with her leaving the two of you to eat worms from the sidewalk.
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However, I had already eaten a mouldy biscuit and had a glass of beer at the house of the Chinawoman, so I only said grace for them, and after talking a little while, I shook hands all round and went off.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873
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The wise Chinawoman (though she's actually Chinese American, not Chinese) dispensing proverbs and wisdom every time you go to save your game?
the Hathor Legacy 2009
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You Chinaman and Chinawoman of China! you Tartar of Tartary!
Salut au Monde 1900
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You Chinaman and Chinawoman of China! you Tartar of Tartary!
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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