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- noun Plural form of
gweilo .
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Examples
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The top ranks at investment banks in Asia were once heavy with so-called "gweilos," a
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Yes, Singapore has Bhumis in the police force, and the armed services, and Indians, maybe even a couple of gweilos for all I know, but the population of Singapore is 88% Chinese and the Chinese, to repeat, are not the indigenes.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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If the American experience is anything to go by, the grandchildren of those Shanghai women who marry gweilos won’t know much about the Chinese language or culture unless they make a special effort to do so.
I wish they all could be Shanghai girls » Japundit Blog 2005
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