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Chinaman

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Chinaman in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg
    Chinaman 
  2. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
    chink  Chinaman 
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Chinaman in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (Cricket) A left arm unorthodox spin bowler
  2. (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
  3. (noun) (Cricket) Or, conversely, such a ball bowled with the action of a googly.
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