Rice-eater
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rice-eater is a noun meaning One whose diet uses rice as a staple, as opposed to wheat or some other grain.
Meaning
One whose diet uses rice as a staple, as opposed to wheat or some other grain.
More Meanings
- (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person who is Asian or of Asian descent.
Example Sentences
All you rice-eaters are cunning, shifty little shits, aren't you?
I've heard my share of racial slurs of Jap, Pearl Harbor, Slant-eyed gook, rice-eater, Geisha Girl, chopstick chick and others. I just wanted to slug somebody!
The main difference lies in the fact that the bread-eater usually eats a more varied diet and seldom depends upon bread to so great an extent as the rice-eater depends upon rice.
These little fellows have already built themselves a sort of rice-eater intelligence network from Richmond, Springvale and Footscray, rightthrough to Cabramatta in NSW and Fortitude Valley in Queensland.
Word Forms
- rice-eaters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ricer, ricegrower, rice-queen, rice, rise, ricefield.
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