Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern California east of Los Angeles. It is the site of the California Institution for Men (opened 1941), a state prison.
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Examples
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Chino is Spanish for a person with mixed blood; probably the landowner was a chino. "
The Annotated "Friend of the Devil" Robert Hunter 2005
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Anyway my public defender told me that my choices were 60 days at the state prison farm in Chino or join the military.
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I was determined that those of any race would be able to later say: I knew this gay guy in Chino who always gave me coffee.
Mark Olmsted: Horror in the Bronx: How They Could Have Done It Mark Olmsted 2010
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On Oct. 7, Tango was playing golf at Los Serranos Country Club in Chino when he was hit in the head by a ball.
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I was determined that those of any race would be able to later say: I knew this gay guy in Chino who always gave me coffee.
Mark Olmsted: Horror in the Bronx: How They Could Have Done It Mark Olmsted 2010
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On Oct. 7, Tango was playing golf at Los Serranos Country Club in Chino when he was hit in the head by a ball.
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Changed in Chino – the man, as you refer to Sen. McCain managed to withstand 5 years as a POW in Vietnam.
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Officials at her prison in Chino approved her release, as did officials at corrections headquarters in Sacramento.
Protests against compassionate release of Susan Atkins expand 2008
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First off, Alpa Chino is probably the best damn name I've come across in a long while.
Tropic Thunder Viral Launches Hilarious Character Vids « FirstShowing.net 2008
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And please … a poor kid from Chino is not a hero just for being in the army, holding a rifle, terrified, and popping shots at little kids.
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