Chinaman

  1. Noun.  (archaic) (pejorative) A Chinese person.
  2. Noun.  (cricket) A left arm unorthodox spin bowler.
  3. Noun.  (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.
  4. Noun.  (cricket) Or, conversely, such a ball bowled with the action of a googly.

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