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Meaning of Chinaman on one's back | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A drug addiction.
no-plural, offensive, slang
Withdrawal symptoms.
no-plural, offensive, slang

Examples

“The chances are that he will stay with his first love, the needle, and that the habit will lose the glorious drive and tingle that it had at first, and become the chinaman on his back who drives him like a slave to get more money to buy more junk.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

Chinaman's chance Chinaman's chance in hell Chinaman's Peak Chinamanfish Chinamania Chinamaniac