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Word: Whangee
Speech Type: Noun
late 18th century; earliest use found in The Morning Chronicle. Probably from an unattested Chinese compound (probably denoting the material) from huáng (Cantonese wòhng) yellow + an unidentified second element
A yellow knobbed cane made from the stem of any of several Chinese and Japanese bamboos of the genus Phyllostachys, especially P. nigra; (also) the material of which these stems are made, which has also been used to make umbrella handles, tobacco pipes, etc.
- whanghee
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