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Chinamen on their backs

Chinamen on their backs is the plural of Chinaman on one's back.

Meaning of Chinaman on one's back

Noun

Chinaman on one's back (plural Chinamen on their backs)

  1. (offensive, slang) A drug addiction.
    • The chances are that he will stay with his first love, the needle, and that the habit will lose the glorious drive and tingle that it had at first, and become the chinaman on his back who drives him like a slave to get more money to buy more junk.2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 163
  2. (offensive, slang) Withdrawal symptoms.

Questions about Chinamen on their backs

What is Chinamen on their backs the plural of?
Chinamen on their backs is the plural of Chinaman on one's back.

Words near Chinamen on their backs in the dictionary

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

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