chinaman
SubstantivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- Australien
A spin bowler who uses such an action.
Substantiv
- 1
veraltetA dealer in porcelain (china).
Herkunft
From china (“porcelain”) + -man.
Substantiv
- 1
veraltendA 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.
- 2
A spin bowler who uses such an action.
- 3
A ball delivered with such an action.
Herkunft
From Chinaman, a dated, now offensive term for a Chinese person. Compare Chinese (“unfamiliar, unexpected”). Named in reference to Ellis Achong, a West Indian player of Chinese descent.
Formen
- Plural
- chinamen