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See also: Chinaman
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From china (“porcelain”) + -man.
Noun
[edit]chinaman (plural chinamen)
- (obsolete) A dealer in porcelain (china). [18th–19th c.]
- Coordinate term: chinawoman
Etymology 2
[edit]From Chinaman, a dated, now offensive term for a Chinese person. Compare Chinese (“unfamiliar, unexpected”).
Noun
[edit]chinaman (plural chinamen)
- (cricket, dated) A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin).
- 2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 103:
- Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling.
- (cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action.
- (cricket) A ball delivered with such an action.
References
[edit]- “Chinaman”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Chinaman”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 351, column 3.