Webster's says the term "Jap" was not introduced into the English language until 1890.
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- Book
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- Hearsay
- Secondary
- Reference
“Jap,” Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1983), 646
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- Merriam-Webster
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- N/A
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
Jap \'jap\ n or adj (1890: JAPANESE — usu. used disparagingly
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