chinaman
noun a numbing substance put on the penis to forestall ejaculation
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003
Chinaman
noun
1
an addiction to heroin or another opiate US, 1948.
2
in politics, a mentor or protector. A term from Chicago, a major cradle of machine politics in the US US, 1973.
3
an Irishman UK, 1956.
4
in cricket, a left-handed bowler's leg-break to a right-handed batsman. Homage to Elliss 'Puss' Achong, a 1930s West Indian cricketer of Chinese ancestry UK, 1937.
5
an unshorn lock on a sheep's rump. Thought to resemble a pigtail NEW ZEALAND, 1968.► must have killed a Chinamanthere must be a reason for your bad luck. Chinese people have been in Australia from the earliest colonial times and there was formerly great superstition attached to them. Today the word 'Chinaman' is long dead and persists only in this saying AUSTRALIA, 1982