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For instance, the embroidered band a Chinese girl wears as soon as she is old enough not to have her hair shaved in front Nelly called a 'hair-belt, and the curved, flat ornament sticking out behind An Ching's head she christened 'head-protector. Nelly was not quite sure that it was good English to invent names, but she said to herself, 'The Chinese call a tea-cosy "a tea-pot's hat" and a sewing machine "an iron tailor." Greatly to Nelly's surprise and sorrow, there were times when she could not remember the names of things in English.
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