Chinaman
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chinaman¹
Where it comes from
From china (“porcelain”) + -man.
noun chinamen
- A dealer in porcelain (china).
chinaman²
Where it comes from
From Chinaman, a dated, now offensive term for a Chinese person. Compare Chinese (“unfamiliar, unexpected”). Named in reference to Ellis Achong, a West Indian player of Chinese descent.
noun chinamen
- A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin). Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling.
- A spin bowler who uses such an action.
- A ball delivered with such an action.
Chinaman³
- /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəmən/
- [ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯nəmɪ̽n]
- /ˈt͡ʃɑenəmən/ Australia
- /ˈt͡ʃainaman/ Caribbean
Where it comes from
From Chinese Pidgin English. Calque of Chinese 中國人 /中国人 (Zhōngguórén) ("China + -man"). Applied also to ships by analogy with East Indiaman.
noun Chinamen
- A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent. 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 sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade.
- Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin. Chinaman half in and half out of the door. Codeine and goof balls, and complete discouragement.
