Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lo mein loophole

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: lo mein loop-hole
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A loophole in early-1900s American immigration law that allowed Chinese people to enter the country if they managed a Chinese restaurant, resulting in a greater-than-average increase of those establishments over several decades.

American usage

Example Sentences

""Lo Mein Loophole: How U.S. Immigration Law Fueled A Chinese Restaurant Boom [...] Some Chinese business owners in the U.S. could get special merchant visas that allowed them to travel to China, and bring back employees. Only a few types of businesses qualified for this status. In 1915, a federal court added restaurants to that list. Voila! A restaurant boom was born.""

Usage

American usage

Questions

What does lo mein loophole mean?: A loophole in early-1900s American immigration law that allowed Chinese people to enter the country if they managed a Chinese restaurant, resulting in a greater-than-average increase of those establishments over several decades.

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