sparrow dominoes en · NOUN
Etymology
calque of Chinese 麻將 /麻将 (májiàng) + dominoes.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The game of mahjong.
Even "Mah-Jongg," for example, is called "sparrow dominoes"—and very rightly, since that is what the Chinese word means to the Chinese.
1935, National Council of Teachers of English, Secondary Section, English Journal:
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(plural, plural-only) The tiles used in this game.
There is probably no town in China where the click of the Sparrow dominoes is so little heard.
1921, John Dewey, “Impressions from Canton”, in China Monthly Review: