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moon crickets

moon crickets is the plural of moon cricket.

Meaning of moon cricket

Noun

moon cricket (plural moon crickets)

  1. (US, ethnic, slang, slur) A black person.
    • Her Dad had been someone her Mom didn't know in Houston. I always used to joke, "Maybe he was a Moon-Cricket from Alabama," but Trish is totally not black.2018, Tzvi Peckar III, Mini Thins, page 285

Questions about moon crickets

What is moon crickets the plural of?
Moon crickets is the plural of moon cricket.

Words near moon crickets in the dictionary

  1. moon carrot
  2. moon carrots
  3. moon child
  4. moon children
  5. moon cricket
  6. moon crickets
  7. moon cycle
  8. moon cycles
  9. moon daisies
  10. moon daisy
  11. moon deities

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