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Chino

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Chi·no  (chn)
A city of southern California east of Los Angeles. It was founded in 1887. Population: 79,300.

chi·no  (chn, sh-)
n. pl. chi·nos
1. A coarse twilled cotton fabric used for uniforms and sometimes work or sports clothes.
2. Trousers made of a coarse twilled cotton. Often used in the plural.

[American Spanish, mestizo, yellowish (from its original tan color), probably from Spanish chino, Chinese, from China, China.]

chino [ˈtʃiːnəʊ]
n pl -nos
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) US a durable cotton twill cloth
[from American Spanish, of obscure origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chino - trousers made with chino cloth
chino - a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms
trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
2.chino - a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms
chino - trousers made with chino cloth
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"


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They would mitigate traffic issues, so for example on Sundays there would be a lot more people dumping off the 71 in Chino Hills and if we have to hire an extra four or five officers, then they would pay for that," he said.
The Chino prison is trying to put into effect a 2005 Supreme Court decision that prohibits automatic and systematic racial segregation of prison inmates after more than three decades of racial separation in the corrections system.
CIM), sometimes referred to simply as "Chino", is a male-only state prison in Chino, California, USA.
 
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