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)

1. (dated, slang, euphemistic, mid-20th century) An East Asian or Southeast Asian female prostitute (particularly in Hong Kong and in Vietnam War–era Southeast Asia)
2. (Cockney rhyming slang) A pong; a bad smell.