Chiney
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chiney
- (archaic) Alternative form of Ciney, a town in Belgium.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192:
- CHINEY, a city of the Auſtrian Netherlands on the confines of the biſhopric of Liege, about twelve miles ſouth-eaſt of Namur...
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192:
Noun
[edit]Chiney (plural Chineys)
- (slang, from Jamaican Creole) China; Chinese.
- 2010 September, “Hold On”[1]performed by Wyclef Jean,Mavado[2]:
- Hold on, be strong, no matter what you're goin' through. You know it's gon be OK (OK!) today, even if the Chiney K sprays.
Derived terms
[edit]Jamaican Creole
[edit]Chiney (plural Chiney dem, quantified Chiney)
- China; Chinese.
- 2008 September 12, “Weh Dem A Go” (track 46), in Jamaican Style, Vol.3[3], performed by Vybz Kartel,Jah Vinci:
- 2008 December 27, “Last Man Standing” (track 24), in Pon Di Gaza 2.0[4], performed by Vybz Kartel:
- Me get a K from Vagga from De La Vega weh mek Chiney man skin black like naega
- I get a Kalashnikov from my friend Vagga from De La Vega which makes a Chinese man's skin black like a nigga's.
- 2008, “Chiney K” (track 18), in Gaza vs Gully EP Part 1[5], performed by Mavado:
- Inna middle day, gun play. Bad man ah beat di Chiney K. Night turn to day, all mama pray. Dem ah beat di Chiney K.
- In the middle of the day, there's gun play. Bad men shoot the Chinese imitation Kalashnikovs. Night turns to day, all mothers pray. They shoot the Chinese (imitation) Kalashnikovs.
- 2017 December 8, “Up Top”, in Strictly the Best, Vol. 59[6], performed by Teejay:
- Mi know dem ends like mi design di map. Rifle with the spikey back, K from Chiney clap
- I know the ends like I designed the map. The rifle with the spikey back, the Kalashnikov from China claps.