drinkee

Chinese Pidgin English

Alternative forms

  • dlinkee

Etymology

From English drink +‎ English -y, with the suffix spelled as -ee.

Verb

drinkee

  1. to drink

References

  • 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 105: “Drinkee or dlinkee: Drink. “My think-so that man have plenty dlinkee” I think he was drunk.”
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