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mafoo

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 馬伕 / 马伕 (mǎfū), from  / (, horse) + (, servant, labourer). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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Noun

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mafoo (plural mafoos)

  1. In China, someone who looks after horses in a stable; a groom. [from 19th c.]
    • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 144:
      The mafoos held their charges miserably, as if sick with nerves.

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