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Noun- A dress of southern Chinese origin with a slit skirt and a mandarin collar.

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Usage examples (34)
  • By the 1940s, cheongsam came in a wide variety of fabrics with an equal variety of accessories.
  • She had a perfect figure when I first met her… she had a white cheongsam.
  • A girl was coming down in a cheongsam, not looking at me, looking at Chiang.
  • I was wearing my favorite cheongsam top, the one with the striking red flowers?
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