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gutter apes

gutter apes is the plural of gutter ape.

Meaning of gutter ape

Noun

gutter ape (plural gutter apes)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A black person.
    • We have to compare apples with apples, not apple with bananas. Compare
      gutter apes with hens or cows and a workable gutter monkey
      intelligence standard will emerge. You and I know that the hen and the
      cow will be of higher intelligence than the nigger, but that's the way
      the world works.2003 June 29, William_J_Wolfe, “ARE ALL NIGGERS RETARDED?????”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet)

Questions about gutter apes

What is gutter apes the plural of?
Gutter apes is the plural of gutter ape.

Words near gutter apes in the dictionary

  1. gutted up
  2. guttedly
  3. guttedness
  4. gutter
  5. gutter ape
  6. gutter apes
  7. gutter ball
  8. gutter balls
  9. gutter dog
  10. gutter dogs
  11. gutter game

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