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oatmeal Chinaman noun in mining in the Cariboo, a Canadian CANADA- As in Red River, the Canadians had made themselves disliked by their drive and pertinacity, and earned the designation of “oatmeal Chinamen” from the easy-going colonists because of their readiness to work hard. — A. S. Morton, Kingdom of Canada, p. 336, 1963
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