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# Chinaman
is seen as a derogatory term.

Except in cricket, where it as a type of delivery from a spin bowler.
(, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:49, archived)
# is it?
what about Irishman?
Welshman?
Scotsman?

edit: I just looked it up - I really had no idea, as I do not use the term in a derogatory way!
(, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:53, archived)
# Yes it is.
I don't make the rules up.

Chineseman isn't derogatory. That would equate with Englishman, Scotsman Welshman, Irishman.

A Chinaman is a left-arm slow delivery as bowled by E.E. Achong - a West Indian bowler of chinese descent.
(, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:59, archived)