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Chinese paper

Chinese \Chi"nese"\, a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

Chinese paper. See India paper, under India.

Chinese wax, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccid[ae] especially Coccus Sinensis.

Usage examples of "chinese paper".

It's been a hot July, a perfect good old by God blue-ribbon jeezer of a July, no doubt about it, but if you want to know the truth, it's also been a dry July, with no water but the occasional flipped spray of a hose to stir those last shreds of Chinese paper from where they lie.