Etymology

Suzie Wong

Today it means: An East Asian or Southeast Asian female prostitute (particularly in Hong Kong and in Vietnam War–era Southeast Asia) Full definition →

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The story

From The World of Suzie Wong, a 1960 film about a Hong Kong prostitute named Suzie Wong.

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