Chinaman

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A dealer in porcelain (china).
2. isim 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.”

3. isim A spin bowler who uses such an action.
4. isim A ball delivered with such an action.
5. isim A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.

   “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.”

6. isim A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
7. isim Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.

   “Chinaman half in and half out of the door. Codeine and goof balls, and complete discouragement.”