Chinaman
A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade.
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A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade.
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(dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.
“‘This is how the goddess reclaimed her holy cup with an army of bees, wolves, six old women, a postman, a chinaman, a poet, an atom-driven arc, and a wearewoman. The strangest army, perhaps, ever seen on the planet.’”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, slang, obsolete, offensive) Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.
"It is my fly-trap!" shrieked the Chinaman. "And I am the god of destruction!"
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