单词 | manilaman |
释义 | Manilamann. A male native of the Philippines; (Australian) a native of any of the Indonesian islands. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick c. 492 In a moment he was standing in the boat's stern, and the Manilla men were springing to their oars. 1886 Spectator 6 Feb. 166/2 The two ‘coolies’ were palpably ‘Manilla men’, and not coolies,—that is, were half-caste sailors from Manilla. 1895 M. Culpin Let. 25 Jan. in F. MacKeith Lett. from Laura (1987) 64 Thursday Island... It is a fort and pearling station & the rummiest shop I've ever been in. The Q'l'd Govt rules over it, and the Japs & Manilla men practically own it. 1937 I. L. Idriess Forty Fathoms Deep 168 The Japanese..had almost displaced the Manilamen and Koepanger divers. 1944 W. E. Harney Taboo (ed. 3) 187 Had he [sc. her father] been a man from the islands up north, or even a native of Torres Straits' islands..she would have taken the nationality of her father and have been a Manillaman, a Philippino, or a Thursday Islander. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 197 Manilaman, any native of the Indies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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