Lo mein loophole

Proper noun

Definitions

1.Proper nounA loophole in early-1900s American immigration law that allowed Chinese people to enter the country if they managed a Chinese restaurant, resulting in a greater-than-average increase of those establishments over several decades.

Synonyms

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