Suzie Wong
English
Alternative forms
- Suzi Wong, Suzy Wong
Etymology
From The World of Suzie Wong, a 1960 film about a Hong Kong prostitute named Suzie Wong.
Noun
Suzie Wong (plural Suzie Wongs)
- (dated, slang, euphemistic, mid-20th century) An East Asian or Southeast Asian prostitute (particularly in Hong Kong and in Vietnam War–era Southeast Asia)
- (Cockney, rhyme, slang) A pong; a bad smell.[1]
References
- http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199829941.001.0001/acref-9780199829941-e-45986