Timeline for Can "shavelings" be used to refer to Asian monks? Or does it only refer to Occidental shaven-headed church men?

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May 2, 2017 at 1:10	comment	added	Hot Licks		I would tend to use "skinhead".
May 2, 2017 at 1:10	history	edited	herisson	CC BY-SA 3.0	edited title
May 2, 2017 at 1:07	answer	added	Theresa		timeline score: 2
Oct 25, 2013 at 1:02	history	edited	dennylv	CC BY-SA 3.0	deleted 3 characters in body; edited title
Oct 25, 2013 at 0:58	comment	added	Michael Lorton		And, although it's off-topic, both Oriental and Occidental should be capitalized when they refer to the East and the West. Plus, for whatever reason, "Oriental" isn't that PC when applied to a person; consider using "Asian".
Oct 25, 2013 at 0:56	vote	accept	dennylv
Oct 25, 2013 at 0:55	answer	added	Michael Lorton		timeline score: 2
Oct 25, 2013 at 0:55	comment	added	dennylv		I am not going to use it in dailiy communication. I just want to know when,where,and how people use it, no matter historically or contemporarily:)
Oct 25, 2013 at 0:50	history	edited	dennylv	CC BY-SA 3.0	edited body
Oct 24, 2013 at 14:07	comment	added	John Lawler		Ditto. Precisely. If you're writing a science-fiction novel set on a different planet, you can make up your own names in context. But, while shaveling has a transparent meaning, it's a fossil, and most English speakers will not have any experience of its specific history of use or reference. And it's occidental, just like accidental, except for the first vowel.
Oct 24, 2013 at 12:25	comment	added	GEdgar		You can call them that if you like. But if your hearers have not heard the term before (as I have not), it is not much use for communication.
Oct 24, 2013 at 8:42	history	edited	dennylv	CC BY-SA 3.0	edited body
Oct 24, 2013 at 8:35	history	asked	dennylv	CC BY-SA 3.0