"Samsui woman" meaning in All languages combined

See Samsui woman on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Samsui women [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Samsui women}} Samsui woman (plural Samsui women)
  1. (historical) A Chinese female immigrant who came to Malaya or Singapore between the 1920s and 1940s in search of construction or industrial work, mostly from the Sanshui district of modern-day Guangdong in China. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Samsui_woman-en-noun-7-hmgsEz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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