Chinaman (/ˈtʃaɪnə.mən/) is an offensive term referring to a Chinese man or person, or widely a person native to geographical East Asia or of perceived...
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Immanuel Kant (redirect from Chinaman of Koenigsberg)
Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg...
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John Chinaman was a stock caricature of a Chinese laborer seen in cartoons of the 19th century. Also referenced by Mark Twain and popular American songs...
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Left-arm unorthodox spin (redirect from Slow-left-arm chinaman)
orthodox left-arm spinner. The delivery was sometimes historically called a chinaman. The first cricketer known to bowl the style of delivery was 19th-century...
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Chinese New Year (redirect from Chinaman Day)
Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival (see also § Names), is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese...
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Chinaman Island is an uninhabited island located in Western Port, Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It lies about 4 km north of French Island. It is considered...
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Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew is a 2010 novel by Shehan Karunatilaka. Using cricket as a device to write about Sri Lankan society, the book tells...
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The Chinaman is a thriller novel written by Stephen Leather, first published in 1992. It is Leather's fourth novel. Its plot concerns a London-based Vietnamese...
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Look up Chinaman or chinaman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chinaman is an archaic term for a Chinese person. Chinaman or Chinamen may also refer...
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Shehan Karunatilaka (section Chinaman (2010))
lived and worked in London, Amsterdam and Singapore. His 2010 debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew won the Commonwealth Book Prize, the DSC...
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