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samfu|ˈsæmfuː|
Also samfoo.
[Cantonese sāam·fu.]
A suit consisting of jacket and trousers worn by Chinese women, particularly in Malaysia and Hong Kong; also worn by men. Freq. attrib., as samfu jacket, samfu trousers.
1955D. Moore We live in Singapore 41 Her thin, pendulous breasts hung down inside her samfoo jacket like malignant deformities. 1963J. Kirkup Tropic Temper ii. 23 Chinese girls in samfu, a kind of flowered pyjama suit with short flaring jacket. 1966D. Forbes Heart of Malaya iv. 47 A Chinese woman dressed in a white peasant smock and blue samfu trousers. 1967A. Cordell Bright Cantonese iv. 51 The people..came..to the bath, pulling their samfoo jackets over their heads. Ibid. vi. 69 He brought white samfoo trousers and a jacket heavily stained with crimson flowers. 1969J. Bennett Dragon ii. 19 She was wearing a samfu, the blue or black suit which looks like the Viet Cong pyjama uniform. 1975O. Sela Bengali Inheritance ii. 20 The witness was a frail, elderly Chinese... He wore a tattered black samfoo. |