ma-foo
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Chinese Pidgin English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Cantonese 馬伕/马伕 (maa5 fu1).
Noun
[edit]ma-foo
References
[edit]- Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 106: “Ma-foo: groom; horseboy; coachman. “Talkee mafoo come this-side chop-chop.” Tell the groom to hurry here.”