Chinaman on one's back

Meaning: (slang,offensive)Adrugaddiction.2003, David W. Maurer,Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,→ISBN, page163: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 thechinaman on his backwho drives him like a slave to get more money to buy morejunk.; (slang,offensive)Withdrawalsymptoms.

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