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chinamen

chinamen is the plural of chinaman.

Meaning of chinaman

Noun (1)

chinaman (plural chinamen)

  1. (obsolete) A dealer in porcelain (china).

Noun (2)

chinaman (plural chinamen)

  1. (dated) A 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.2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 103
  2. A spin bowler who uses such an action.
  3. A ball delivered with such an action.

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Noun capitalized: Chinamen

Chinamen

  1. (plural) plural of Chinaman

Phrases with chinamen

Questions about chinamen

What is chinamen the plural of?
Chinamen is the plural of chinaman.
What part of speech is chinamen?
Chinamen is a noun.

Words near chinamen in the dictionary

  1. Chinamaxxer
  2. Chinamaxxers
  3. Chinamaxxes
  4. Chinamaxxing
  5. Chinameca
  6. chinamen
  7. Chinamen on their backs
  8. Chinamen's chances
  9. chinampa
  10. chinampas
  11. Chinan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chinamen (page history and authors); Chinamen (page history and authors); chinaman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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