What does foochowese mean?

foochowese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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"The native of Canton is a foreigner to his brother of Amoy, not only in language, but in disposition : and the Ningpo man is as far removed from a Foochowese as the man of Kent is from the Highlander."
"I know Americans of extensive mission experience who can preach as long and as fluent a sermon in Foochowese as in English, yet who can no more make themselves understood anywhere else in China than if they had never crossed the Pacific."

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