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Chinaman

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Noun

1. chinaman, chink

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent

2. chinaman

a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chinaman

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noun plural -men
1. archaic or offensive
a native or inhabitant of China
2. (often not capital) cricket
a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg

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Chinaman

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nounWord forms: plural ˈChinamen (ˈtʃaɪnəmən ; chīˈnəmən)
a Chinese person
now often regarded as a mildly contemptuous or patronizing term

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chinaman

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n.
Offensive
A Chinese man.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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