dim sim

plural dim sims

1. AustraliaNew ZealandAny of various kinds of Chinese-style meat and cabbage dumplings, similar to shumai and other dim sum and usually steamed or deep fried. Commonly offered by Chinese restaurants and fish-and-chip shops.

   One night my husband twisted my arms behind my back and said he had seen me in Bourke street with a Chinaman, eating dim sims.

   1930 April 11, The Brunswick and Coburg Gazette, Moonee Ponds, Vic, page 1, column 4

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   For the defence, James Harris, of Northcote, said he had put a bottle of beer in his hip pocket at home, and went to the cafe to buy some dim-sims.

   1925 July 23, The Age, Melbourne, page 14, column 4

   On the walls about were the hieroglyphic markings of the craft. Across this scene wafted the pungent fragrance of chop suey, dim sims and other delicacies in course of preparation for the funeral feast.

   1926 December 16, The Telegraph, Brisbane, page 20, column 7

   No Chinese meal is complete without some succulent dim sims (pork minced with water chestnuts and enclosed in paste), and such sweets as honeyed lychee nuts and honeyed ginger.

   1928 October 13, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2, column 7

   There was feasting and joy from Shanghai to the Wall, What with dim-sims, chop-suey and crackers and all, And the donor of these, by the hook of my crook. Was Chiang Ki-Konglong, the Mandarin Cook.

   1929 February 10, The Sunday Times, Sydney, page 26, column 7

   Synonyms: dimmie