Definition of "chinaman" [chinaman]

• A left arm unorthodox spin bowler (noun)
• 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 (noun)
• Or, conversely, such a ball bowled with the action of a googly. (noun)

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• "A small, innocuous-looking fish called a chinaman leatherjacket is swarming in Sydney waters, attacking and eating anything that moves, from bare fishing hooks to large marlin."
• "The chinaman is a delivery for left-arm wrist spinners which mimics the right-arm leg spinner's googly - a ball that is difficult to read."
• "I'm not quite pedigreed enough in my marketing background to postulate any sort of coherent theory as to why someone might think glorifying video hos would sell skin cream or how the passé and offensive stereotype of a heavily accented "chinaman" would sell hot pockets."