laodah

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Mandarin 老大 (lǎodà).

Noun[edit]

laodah (plural laodahs)

  1. (obsolete) Chinese boat captain.
    • 1889 November, Thomas W. Knox, “The Talking Handkerchief”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume LXXIX, number CCCCLXXIV, New York: Harper & Brothers, publishers, page 936:
      “I sent our compradore to find a junk, and make arrangements for your passage. He came back a few minutes ago, and said he had settled it with the lowdah (captain) of a junk that was just getting up anchor for Hong-Kong.

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