Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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vernacular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Chinaman | Yes | No | No | No |
vernacular (noun) | Chinaman (noun) |
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the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent |
vernacular (adjective) | Chinaman (adjective) |
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being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language |