English
chinaman
see also: Chinaman
Noun

chinaman (plural chinamen)

  1. (cricket) Older name for left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin)
  2. (cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action
  3. (cricket) A ball delivered with such an action
Chinaman
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈtʃaɪnəmən/, /ˈtʃaɪnəmɪn/
Noun

chinaman (plural Chinamen)

  1. (dated, now, offensive) A man who is Chinese, a Chinese man.
    • 1872, Mark Twain, Roughing It, 2007, page 169 ↗,
      A disorderly Chinaman is rare, and a lazy one does not exist. So long as a Chinaman has strength to use his hands he needs no support from anybody; white men often complain of want of work, but a Chinaman offers no such complaint; he always manages to find something to do. […] Any white man can swear a Chinaman’s life away in the courts, but no Chinaman can testify against a white man.
    • 1906, Hubert D. Russell (editor), Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, 1906, 2003, page 251 ↗,
      Another favorite pastime of the Highbinder who is usually a loafer, is to levy blackmail on a wealthy Chinaman. […] If it were not that the Chinamen kill only men of their own race and let alone all other men, the citizens of San Francisco would have sacked and burned Chinatown.
    • 1941, George Ade, Stories of the Streets and of the Town: From the Chicago Record 1893 - 1900, reprinted as 2003, Stories of Chicago, page 163 ↗,
      In Clark Street, where all the nations of the earth dwell together in harmony, one has but to go downstairs to find a Chinaman. And when found he is washing.
  2. A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
  3. (US, slang) Withdrawal from a narcotic, especially heroin. [from 20th c.]
    • 1952, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 140:
      Chinaman half in and half out of the door. Codeine and goof balls, and complete discouragement.
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