mafoos

There is generally a struggle in mounting each new arrival, but with a couple of mafoos hanging on to his ears, and sometimes by enveloping his head in a horse-cloth, it is eventually managed.

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready

My reader will wonder what possible use we could make of all of these rooms; but what with our large family, numerous secretaries, Chinese writers, messengers, servants, mafoos

Two Years in the Forbidden City Princess Der Ling 1915

My reader will wonder what possible use we could make of all of these rooms; but what with our large family, numerous secretaries, Chinese writers, messengers, servants, mafoos (coachmen), and chair coolies, it was not a difficult task to use them.

Two Years in the Forbidden City 1911

Footsore mafoos, lame horses, grumbling innkeepers -- nothing mattered.

Korea's Fight for Freedom 1900

_mafoos_ and chair coolies, the servants and blind musicians with the old songs, _The Millet's in Flower_ and _Kuan Kuan Go to the Ospreys_.

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917