Hongs

Paved avenues, neoclassical mansions surrounded by walls, and large brick industrial buildings known as hongs composed the dignified outposts of empire along the famous Bund. ❋ Hannah Pakula (2009)

It was helped greatly by the climate of unbridled laissez-faire capitalism and the well-established presence of major trading houses, known as the hongs, many of them a century old, and large local fortunes seeking profitable investment outlets. ❋ DANIEL YERGIN (1998)

Under this system, opium hongs were charged $3,000 to $10,000 a month,* yielding $180,000† to the authorities and heaven knows how much to the Green Gang. ❋ Hannah Pakula (2009)

The hongs are .. by ladybroadoak on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 12: 43: 49 PM ❋ Unknown (2008)

These hongs are of one story, in some places open to the sky, and so long that at the end of one of them the human form diminishes, and we see beings engaged in occupation, and we hear no noise, for they steal along like shadows ... through the high door beyond, we see the lively river and chop boat waiting, ready for the cargo. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The hongs front upon the river, stretching back into the suburbs. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Shit, and Asian Properties and all the other hongs. ❋ Clavell, James (1981)

If my father's connection with them was made public it would take his face away forever, would sever the very close links he has with Struan's, and all the other hongs that exist today, and most important, would destroy forever his chance for a knighthood, the one thing he wants above all. ❋ Clavell, James (1981)

Like the possible, oh so important election as a voting member to the super-exclusive Turf Club, or membership in the Hong Kong Golf Club or Cricket Club-or even the Club itself-or any of the other minor though equally exclusive clubs that were tightly controlled by the British tai-pans of great hongs where all the really big business was conducted. ❋ Clavell, James (1981)

There was no normal source of finance, nowhere she could borrow, for all Asia — all the hongs — were equally in turmoil. ❋ Clavell, James (1981)

Like the possible, oh so important election as a voting member to the super-exclusive Turf Club, or membership in the Hong Kong Golf Club or Cricket Club — or even the Club itself — or any of the other minor though equally exclusive clubs that were tightly controlled by the British tai-pans of great hongs where all the really big business was conducted. ❋ Clavell, James (1981)

If one destroys the other — oh I don't mean just Quillan or Dunross, I mean the hongs themselves, the companies, Struan's and Rothwell-Gornt. ❋ Clavell, James (1981)

If one destroys the other-oh I don't mean just Quillan or Dunross, I mean the hongs themselves, the companies, Struan's and Rothwell-Gornt. ❋ Clavell, James (1981)

The residences or hongs of the merchants seemed planned by liberal minds, and executed by as liberal hands. ❋ Various (N/A)

Generally these hongs stand in spacious enclosures, or _compounds_, filled with rare tropical trees and the bamboo so common in China. ❋ Various (N/A)

Protestant missions at, 183; warfare over cigarette-smoking at, 183; coolie _hongs_ in, 183; the first city in Szechuan to declare for the Republic, 201; ❋ Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (N/A)

There they were distributed among the foreign hongs, one to each hong. ❋ Rev. John Gerardus Fagg (N/A)

The foreign merchants traded in thirteen hongs, or factories, extending about 300 feet from the banks of the Pearl River, and about 1000 broad. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Hong- [people like you] just [make my day] [100x] better ❋ BBBIGBOND (2013)

Hong has a [category] of [Memes] ❋ UnKn0vNuS3r (2019)

[hongs] [do not] have [fear] ❋ Joe Kim (2004)

***BASIC [HONG] CONVERSATION*** [Hong] 1: Yo [hong] Hong 2: Yo hong Hong 1: Long period of time. Me no see hong in that long period of time. Hong 2: Hong, I know. Same. Hong 1: Can I come over hong? Hong 2: Hong, get your [ding dong] over here! ❋ The Real Hong (2015)

Mcluskie: So What happened last night? [Any luck]? Mate of Mcluskie: God, yes! [Honged] down on her like [a beast]! Messy business. ❋ Roman Totale (2007)

You just [got] [honged]. [I just] honged you. He got honged. She got honged. ❋ I'm Honging You (2007)

[Oompa Loompa] [lookin]: Loook it's Hong!!!! She's [so hot]!! 😍😍 ❋ Hangmanhole (2017)

1)I got Honged! 2)Damn, that is a lot of [freaking] [tickets] for that one office. Are they going for a [record]? ❋ Anonymous (2004)

[omg] hong an is [such a] [good friend] ❋ Jeff Boi (2020)

Hong Hong [to hell with you] ❋ A. Nonce (2018)