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Jap

UK/d͡ʒæp/ US/ˈdʒæp/ uncommon dated informal slang us

noun

1.

a person of Japanese descent

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Origin

Clipping of Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878. Compare Nip (shortened from Nipponese).

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