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Complete Definition of "chinaman"

see|Chinaman
English
Noun
en-noun|chinamen

#Cricket A left arm unorthodox spin bowler
#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
#Cricket Or, conversely, such a ball bowled with the action of a googly.

Usage notes
Two of the cricket definitions (2 and 3) are inconsistent, but both are used.

fr:chinaman
ru:chinaman
vi:chinaman

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