Re: [ARSCLIST] Chinese copies- slang

[Sam Brylawski <goodlistening@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From the OED:

*Chinese copy*, a precise drawing of a structure, piece of apparatus, etc.,
made from its appearance only without other information; a slavishly exact
copy (see also quot. 1920); **

On 8/13/06, Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In a letter from Eldridge R. Johnson to a Gramophone Co. executive , Nov.
> 18, 1901, he says, "The Graphophone competition does not amount to anything
> so far but.....They are making Chinese copies of everything that we sell and
> are following us as closely as they possibly can."
>
> This being 1901 rather than 2006, does anyone know the slang meining of
> Chinese copies as of then?  It could be
>
> They are recording their own versions
>
> They are making there own versions which imitate ours
>
> They are making copies directly from ours
>
> They are electrotyping our copies and issuing them as their own
>
> or......
>
> Anyone have a slang or business dictionary from that period?
>
> Steve Smolian