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mafoo|ˈmɑːfuː|
Also ma-fu.
[ad. Chinese ma-fu, f. ma horse + fu servant, labourer.]
A Chinese groom, stable-boy, or coachman.
1863G. Fleming Trav. Mantchu Tartary ii. 16 Ma-foo, as he was soon christened, from his occupation as horse-keeper. 1880W. Gill River of Golden Sand II. viii. 310, I at first rode a hired pony, and my new Ma-Fu walked on in front leading the grey. 1890Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang ii. 37/2 Mafoo (pidgin), horse-boy, groom. 1924Blackw. Mag. Feb. 232/2 Let them send word to the mafoo to have the ponies saddled. Ibid. Aug. 265/2 He borrowed Cantegril's famous two-horse barouche, all complete, with its variegated mafoos. 1939‘A. Bridge’ Four-Part Setting xxiii. 313 They dismounted and left the mafoos and ponies in an open grassy space. |