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suzie wong

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
suzie -wong
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An East Asian or Southeast Asian female prostitute (particularly in Hong Kong and in Vietnam War–era Southeast Asia)

Dated; Slang

noun

A pong; a bad smell.

Slang

Etymology

From The World of Suzie Wong, a 1960 film about a Hong Kong prostitute named Suzie Wong.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Suzie Wongs (plural) Suzi Wong (alternative) Suzy Wong (alternative)

Questions

What does suzie wong mean?
An East Asian or Southeast Asian female prostitute (particularly in Hong Kong and in Vietnam War–era Southeast Asia)
Where does suzie wong come from?
From The World of Suzie Wong, a 1960 film about a Hong Kong prostitute named Suzie Wong.

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