top | item 39689254 (no title) ragtagtag | 2 years ago In this case, I suspect "china" comes from Cockney rhyming slang, "china plate", "mate", as in "friend". discuss order hn newest re|2 years ago No, it's referring to the tableware -- every word in that position for all the phrases is a container of some sort (or at least a thing that can contain other things).
re|2 years ago No, it's referring to the tableware -- every word in that position for all the phrases is a container of some sort (or at least a thing that can contain other things).
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