Eliot's poem "Growltiger's Last Stand" includes the racial epithet "chinks" in reference to the Siamese cats. The word was used in early versions of the musical, but was later changed to "Siamese".
In Eliot's poem "Growltiger's Last Stand," the term "chinks" was initially employed to refer to Siamese cats, but this offensive language was subsequently replaced with "Siamese" in subsequent versions of the musical.