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foreign devil

noun

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 番鬼 (faan1 gwai2, literally “foreign devil”)

Definitions

  1. A foreigner.

    • "Alas! I called him 'foreign devil' then. Chang, too, had much to learn." "He is speaking of Lord Macartney."

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