• 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 (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive...
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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    Nelusetta ayraud also known as the Chinaman-leatherjacket or ocean jacket is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae, found around Australia to depths of...
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    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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  • 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's chance is an American idiom which means that a person has little or no chance at success, synonymous with similar idioms of improbability such...
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  • The Chinaman is the first studio album by American rapper Fresh Kid Ice (Christopher Wong Won) of the 2 Live Crew. It was released on July 15, 1992 by...
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  • A Chinaman was a ship engaged in the Old China Trade, in the 18th and 19th centuries, by analogy with East Indiaman. Chinaman (term) Empress of China...
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    Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square (/ˈtjɛnənmən/) is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the eponymous Tiananmen ("Gate...
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    prominent Asian and Asian American rapper, releasing his first solo album, The Chinaman, in 1992. In the 2000s, he continued touring and releasing singles with...
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    Ha Ling Peak (redirect from Chinaman's Peak)
    Spray Lakes road in Alberta's Canadian Rockies. It was previously named Chinaman's Peak but the name was changed to be less offensive. It was the subject...
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  • Chinaman is an epithet for political mentors and backers that entered the lexicon in the politics of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., in the 1900s and is still...
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  • The Chickencoop Chinaman is a 1972 play by Frank Chin. It was the first play written by an Asian American to have a major New York production. Tam Lum...
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  • Chinaman's Hat may refer to: Conical Asian hat, a type of hat common in Asia Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip), an octagonal structure in the South Channel...
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  • "Chinaman, Laundryman" is a song composed by Ruth Crawford Seeger. The song depicts the exploitation of an immigrant Chinese laundry worker. In 1932 Ruth...
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    He is also regarded as a social critic. His best-known work is The Ugly Chinaman, a controversial book that was banned in Mainland China; in it he harshly...
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  • Danmark (1735 DAC ship), DAC chinaman Kongen af Danmark (1745 DAC ship), DAC chinaman Kongen af Danmark (1765 DAC ship), DAC chinaman Kongen af Danmark (1769...
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    Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (French: Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1879. The...
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    media help. The Oriental riff, also known as the East Asian riff and the Chinaman lick, is a musical riff or phrase that has often been used in Western culture...
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  • Chinaman Wells is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Spencer Gulf...
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    ready Money. Norfolk Chronicle (July 12th 1783) in the British Library A chinaman is a dealer in porcelain and chinaware, especially in 18th-century London...
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  • first day of school, girls circled and hit her, chanting: Ching Chong, Chinaman, Sitting on a wall. Along came a white man, And chopped his head off. A...
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  • perceptions of diversity and multiculturalism. He is the author of A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure Across the Pacific. His second book, Stay True: A...
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    Christ died for,' is not to be trifled with. It may tenant the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab, or a Hottentot—it is still an immortal spirit." He was...
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