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Definition of Shanghaier

1. Noun. A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship.

Definition of Shanghaier

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shanghaier

Literary usage of Shanghaier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Metropolis: From Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time; New by Frank Moss (1897)
"Hadden was a noted "shanghaier" of sailors, and served two terms in States' prisons for that offense. Kerrigan was a plucky prize-fighter; he fought the ..."

2. The American Metropolis: From Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time : New by Frank Moss, Charles Henry Parkhurst (1897)
"Hadden was a noted "shanghaier" of sailors, and served two terms in States' prisons for that offense. Kerrigan was a plucky prize-fighter; he fought the ..."

3. The Desire of the Moth: And The Come on by Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1920)
"You've broke me, you shanghaier." "So I have, so I have!" He peeled off a hundred-dollar-bill, ignoring Steve's protest. "That enough? I'll fix John up, ..."

4. The American Metropolis: From Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time; New by Frank Moss (1897)
"Hadden was a noted "shanghaier" of sailors, and served two terms in States' prisons for that offense. Kerrigan was a plucky prize-fighter; he fought the ..."

5. The American Metropolis, from Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time by Frank Moss (1897)
"Hadden was a noted "shanghaier" of sailors, and served two terms in States' prisons for that offense. Kerrigan was a plucky prize-fighter; he fought the ..."

6. Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der kaiserlichen by Philosophisch-Historische Klasse (1888)
"... dass man von jenen Chinesen, welche nicht in Shanghai und Umgebung aufgewachsen sind, beim Sprechen in der shanghaier-Mundart, den Laut 6 statt <' hört; ..."

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