burrhead
burrhead noun: a black person.
Noun
burrhead (plural burrheads)
- A black person.
- Top FBI officials were bitter that their scandalous tidbits about "burrhead" (Hoover's favorite nickname for [Martin Luther] King) were were not published and King's stature was undiminished.1993, Donald Lee Grant, Jonathan Grant, The Way it was in the South, page 424
- If you burrheads are looking for some white stuff tonight, you'd better look elsewhere. Now, get the hell out of here before I feed you your balls for an appetizer!” The younger black whirls to face Harlan, his biceps tugging at his shirtsleeves […]2002, Charles Combs, Deadly Heritage, page 27
Forms of burrhead
| plural | burrheads |
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Origin of burrhead
From burr + head, referring to fuzzy hair.
Questions about burrhead
- What does burrhead mean?
- Burrhead means a black person.
- What part of speech is burrhead?
- Burrhead is a noun.
- What is the plural of burrhead?
- The plural of burrhead is burrheads.
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