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negrobilia

negrobilia is the alternative form of Negrobilia.

Noun capitalized: Negrobilia

Negrobilia (uncountable)

  1. Collectibles that portray stereotypes of black people.
    • Ms. Giovanni, who majored in history at Fisk University in Nashville, says this in a big room full of Negrobilia, including sculptures of three black boys eating watermelon and of a black man driving a white man in a buggy.1996, The New York Times Biographical Service - Volume 27, page 1128
    • Inside, it was covered in Negrobilia, advertising signs from the first half of the century that featured big-lipped Sambos.1998, Christopher John Farley, My Favorite War: A Novel, →ISBN, page 246

Origin of negrobilia

Blend of negro + memorabilia.

Questions about negrobilia

What does negrobilia mean?
Negrobilia means collectibles that portray stereotypes of black people.
What is negrobilia the alternative form of?
Negrobilia is the alternative form of Negrobilia.
What part of speech is negrobilia?
Negrobilia is a noun.

Words near negrobilia in the dictionary

  1. Negro-drivers
  2. Negro-Egyptian
  3. Negro-head
  4. negro-house
  5. negro-houses
  6. negrobilia
  7. Negrocentric
  8. negrocentrism
  9. negrodom
  10. negroe
  11. negroes

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