China

  • 81china — noun 1) a cup made of fine china Syn: porcelain 2) a table laid with the best china Syn: dishes, plates, cups and saucers, tableware, chinaware, dinner service; chiefly Brit. crockery …

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  • 82china — Noun. A term of address, usually friendly. Derived from the cockney rhyming slang china plate, meaning mate. E.g. Alright china! How s it going then? …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 83china — n. the teeth. (See also ivories.) □ I pent a damn fortune trying to get this china fixed up. □ If you would brush your china every day, you’d be okay …

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  • 84china —    Used by a London Cockney, this would be the equivalent of ‘mate’, thanks to the rhyming slang ‘china plate’. It is more likely to occur in an expression like ‘me old china’ than be used alone. Eric Partridge, in his Dictionary of Historical… …

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  • 85China —    Israel was among the first countries in the world to recognize the People s Republic of China in January 1950, but official relations were established only in 1992. Since then, substantial links have been created between the two countries, as… …

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  • 86China — noun China is used before these nouns: ↑English, ↑tea …

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  • 87China —    The history of shamanism in this large Asian country illustrates the variety of possible relationships between shamans and other religious, cultural, and political leaders and movements. The Chinese character wu is often translated as “female… …

    Historical dictionary of shamanism

  • 88China L. — Род 33. Цинна (Сем. Poaceae – Злаки) 55. China latifolia Griseb. – Цинна широколистная …

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  • 89China — (old) friend (rhyming slang china plate = mate ) …

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  • 90china — s f Mujer, antiguamente compañera del charro, generalmente vestida de manera muy característica, con telas brillantes, de colores llamativos, lentejuelas en franjas y olanes, y rebozo: china poblana …

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