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Definition of Slant-eye
1. Noun. (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War).
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: Oriental, Oriental Person
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slant-eye
Literary usage of Slant-eye
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peoples of the Philippines by Alfred Louis Kroeber (1919)
"The slant eye is at least very rare among them, perhaps wholly absent. Their broad
noses are also scarcely paralleled among other Mongoloids. ..."
2. Peoples of the Philippines by Alfred Louis Kroeber (1919)
"The slant eye is at least very rare among them, perhaps wholly absent. Their broad
noses are also scarcely paralleled among other Mongoloids. ..."
3. Man, Past and Present by Augustus Henry Keane (1899)
"... slant eye, broad nose, thick protruding very dark brown hair and eyes, dirty
buff colour, mean height ut 5ft. 5 or 6in.) with disproportionately short ..."
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