Chinaman Definition

chīnə-mən
chinamen
noun
A Chinese person.
Webster's New World
(cricket) A left arm unorthodox spin bowler.
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(cricket) A ball, bowled by a left arm unorthodox spin bowler, with the wrist action of a leg break, but which spins from off to leg for a right handed batsman.

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(cricket) Or, conversely, such a ball bowled with the action of a googly.

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Other Word Forms of Chinaman

Noun

Singular:
Chinaman
Plural:
chinamen

Origin of Chinaman

  • From Chinese Pidgin English. A calque of Chinese 中國人, China +‎ -man.

    From Wiktionary

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