Chinaman on one's back

Chinaman on one's back

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.

b) Withdrawal symptoms.
Syn: monkey on ones back

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