The Clue
Takeout choice (7 letter answer)
The Answer
CHINESE
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Notes
The answer CHINESE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 750 puzzles.
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Definition
CHINESE as a noun:
1. any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
2. a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
CHINESE as an adjective:
1. of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food"
2. (Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan) = of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"