chinaman
IPA: tʃˈaɪnʌmʌn
noun
- (obsolete) A dealer in porcelain (china). [:Template:SAFESUBST:–Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (cricket, dated) A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin)
- (cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action
- (cricket) A ball delivered with such an action
- (dated, now offensive) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
- A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
- (US, slang, obsolete, offensive) Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.
- Synonym of Chinaperson, a Chinese person of either gender.
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Examples of "chinaman" in Sentences
- Chinaman is a dealer in porcelain.
- She is the girlfriend of Chinaman.
- If you find Chinaman offensive, so be it.
- I just put in the first mention of Chinaman.
- A chinaman is a dealer in porcelain and chinaware.
- The pursuit of the vengeful Chinaman sticks in mind
- A Chinaman costs fifty or sixty dollars a month now.
- Chinaman n. chiefly archaic or derogatory a native of China.
- Chinaman noun chiefly archaic or derogatory a native of China.
- Doc suffers with terrible pains and goes to a Chinaman for herbs.
- A chinaman can call himself a mexican and if you disagree with him you are a racist.
- The chinaman is a delivery for left-arm wrist spinners which mimics the right-arm leg spinner's googly - a ball that is difficult to read.
- A small, innocuous-looking fish called a chinaman leatherjacket is swarming in Sydney waters, attacking and eating anything that moves, from bare fishing hooks to large marlin.
- As for Katich his century, which came off just 137 balls and included 13 fours, capped off a fine match after he took 3-34 with his underused 'chinaman' deliveries on day three.
- I'm not quite pedigreed enough in my marketing background to postulate any sort of coherent theory as to why someone might think glorifying video hos would sell skin cream or how the passé and offensive stereotype of a heavily accented "chinaman" would sell hot pockets.
- What they know for sure is that he was a genius with the ball (a master of deliveries such as the chinaman, the floater, and even the double bounce), and he was in love with a girl called Shirali Fernando (described by one of her competitors as being "shallower than a foot tray").
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