samfun.
/ˈsamfuː/, U.S. /ˈsæmˌfu/ A suit consisting of jacket and trousers worn by Chinese women, particularly in Hong Kong and Malaysia; also worn by men. Frequently attributive, as samfu jacket, samfu trousers.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > other
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duffel jacket1732
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over-jacket1830
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samfu jacket1955
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > for specific people > other
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samfu1955
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > other
whites1582
trouse1612
pantaloon1661
trousers1676
sherryvallies1778
Wellington trousers1809
panties1845
prolongations1849
pettiloons1851
overtrousers1852
churidar1880
continuation1883
high water1898
sponge bag trousers1900
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pettibockers1917
hip-hugger1939
pink1942
suntan1943
samfu trousers1955
hipsters1958
low riders1966
Mao trousers1967
bumsters1993
1955 D. Moore We live in Singapore 41 Her thin, pendulous breasts hung down inside her samfoo jacket like malignant deformities.
1963 J. Kirkup Tropic Temper ii. 23 Chinese girls in samfu, a kind of flowered pyjama suit with short flaring jacket.
1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya iv. 47 A Chinese woman dressed in a white peasant smock and blue samfu trousers.
1967 ‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese iv. 51 The people..came..to the bath, pulling their samfoo jackets over their heads.
1967 ‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese vi. 69 He brought white samfoo trousers and a jacket heavily stained with crimson flowers.
1969 J. Bennett Dragon ii. 19 She was wearing a samfu, the blue or black suit which looks like the Viet Cong pyjama uniform.
1975 O. Sela Bengali Inheritance ii. 20 The witness was a frail, elderly Chinese... He wore a tattered black samfoo.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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