tonkinese
Collocations
3VERB + TONKINESE
bringing, married
TONKINESE + NOUN
it's
PREP.
than
Definitions
adj
Of or relating to Tonkin, the northern part of Vietnam.
noun
A person from Tonkin.
The Occidental who lives in that splendid house on the Phù-Cam is married to a Tonkinese. It's more than ten years ago he brought her here. He has never had any second wives. He gave his father-in-law a teakwood coffin.
A great number of Legionaires had married Tonkineses and had children by them. According to French law, a child born on French soil is a citizen of France, whether the father and mother are French or not, so also in Indo-China[…]
A domestic cat of a breed that is a cross between the Siamese and Burmese.
Do not consider bringing home a Tonkinese unless you have time in your life for games[…]
name
The language of Tonkin; northern Vietnamese.
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3The Occidental who lives in that splendid house on the Phù-Cam is married to a Tonkinese. It's more than ten years ago he brought her here. He has never had any second wives. He gave his father-in-law
WiktionaryA great number of Legionaires had married Tonkineses and had children by them. According to French law, a child born on French soil is a citizen of France, whether the father and mother are French or
WiktionaryDo not consider bringing home a Tonkinese unless you have time in your life for games[…]
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