Definition of Joss house
1. Noun. A Chinese temple or shrine for idol worship.
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Literary usage of Joss house
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1. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"The custo- dian of the temple placidly smoked his! pipe, and the I detective and
I continued to | smoke our ci-1 gars while in the joss-house. ..."
2. The Chinese War: An Account of All the Operations of the British Forces from by John Ouchterlony (1844)
"... the city—Heroic conduct of the Tartars—They take possession of a joss-house—Dangerous
position of the British—Death of Colonel Tomlinson —The joss-house ..."
3. Through America: Or, Nine Months in the United States by Walter Gore Marshall (1881)
"... articles of food — A ceremonious little grocer—Buying shoes—Very tight fit—A
Chinaman's signature—Visit to a joss-house—Popular Chinese gods— Examining ..."
4. Five-years at Panama: The Trans-isthmian Canal by Wolfred Nelson (1889)
"Upon getting to San Francisco I paid Chinatown a visit, saw the joss house and
their shops. I had heard and read so much about the wickedness of these ..."
5. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1877)
"It led him to a certain point, namely the top of a hill—and then into the
joss-house, at whose entrance gate sat a wooden lady about sixty feet high, ..."
6. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Joss-house (pidgin), an idol temple. Vide Joss. ... Makee stop one night in
joss-house, He go sleepy, by'mby wake In-i-side ail-samec/Oi5-/;.Jw«. ..."
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