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Definition of Amahs
1. amah [n] - See also: amah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amahs
Literary usage of Amahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches in and Around Shanghai Etc by John D. Clark (1894)
"Chinese amahs are the very " antipode " to Chinese " boys. ... Chinese amahs,
without exaggeration, may be called the most fortunate representatives of ..."
2. Among the Sons of Han: Notes of a Six Years' Residence in Various Parts of by Thomas Francis Hughes (1881)
"Chinese amahs—A tyrannical mother-in-law—Story of young Wang and the highwayman.
IF the possession of a fully-competent maid at home be one of those ..."
3. My Chinese Days by Gulielma Fell Alsop (1918)
"The children and the amahs and I were happy. We watched everything with new eyes.
Men riding by on donkeys, carry-coolies, ..."
4. The Fortnightly Review (1869)
"AMAHs. No longer do I know of good or bad, I have forgotten that I once was ...
AMAHs. Mock me not till to-morrow. Mock the dead— They will not heed it, ..."
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