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Hong

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n.1.A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage.
Hong merchant
one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.
v. t. & i.1.To hang.


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Uncle Mac has a ship just in from Hong Kong, and I thought you would like to go and see it.
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In the middle sixties she had beaten by a day and a half the steam mail-boat from Hong Kong to Singapore.
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And presently he mentioned that he had written for some jewel lery, real good jewellery--had written to Hong Kong for it.
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