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chinaman
noun[ C ]
sports specializeduk /ˈtʃaɪ.nə.mən/ us /ˈtʃaɪ.nə.mæn/
in cricket, an occasion where a ball bowled (= thrown to the batter) by a left-arm spin bowler (= a player who throws the ball in such a way that that it turns around and around and changes direction when it hits the ground) moves to the right when it hits the ground:
I started bowling chinamen when I was a teenager.
It has been suggested by some that the term "chinaman" be replaced.
She has switched from bowling left-arm seam to bowling chinamen.
He made the mistake of playing no shot to a viciously spinning chinaman and was clean bowled.
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