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Definition of Shanghais
1. shanghai [v] - See also: shanghai
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shanghais
Literary usage of Shanghais
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... indeed, except the noise 1 once heard on the shore of Africa, I never heard
anything that filled me with so much horror. THE shanghais. ..."
2. History of the Republican Party: Embracing Its Origin, Growth and Mission by Frank Abial Flower (1884)
"... Speeches and Platform—Formal Adoption of the Name Republican—An Evening
Meeting—Corn for the "shanghais"—Victory and a Republican United States Senator— ..."
3. Book of poultry by Lewis Wright (1885)
"Then came the shanghais, of different colours—as the yellow, the white, the buff,
or the black—and took their turn. . . And, finally, came the Grey ..."
4. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1886)
"For instance, most of the Asiatics are merely variations of what were known forty
years ago as the shanghais. The endless varieties in the Game class are ..."
Other Resources:
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