Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
Chinaman
(noun) a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg
chink, Chinaman
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chinaman (plural chinamen)
(cricket) Older name for left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin)
(cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action
(cricket) A ball delivered with such an action
• chainman
Chinaman (plural Chinamen)
(dated, now, offensive) A man who is Chinese, a Chinese man.
A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
(US, slang) Withdrawal from a narcotic, especially heroin. [from 20th c.]
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• Chinawoman
• chainman
Source: Wiktionary
Chi"na*man, n.; pl. Chinamen (.
Definition: A native of China; a Chinese.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2024
(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.