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nigger-brown

nigger-brown noun: a dark brown color.

Noun

nigger-brown (countable and uncountable, plural nigger-browns)

  1. (archaic, ethnic, offensive, slur) A dark brown color.
    • Looking at the slight naked figures of various shades from Ng-Gunko's nigger-brown to Sigrid's rich cream, […] I felt that I had strayed into an island of goblins.1935, Olaf Stapledon, Odd John, Gollancz, published 2012, page 173

Adjective

nigger-brown (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, offensive) Having a dark brown colour.
    • She is on the sofa, knitting a nigger-brown jumper which looks as if it will be quite successful.1935, Alan Campbell-Johnson, Growing Opinions: A Symposium of British Youth Outlook, page 165
    • Fireplace, AT LEFT, tiled with nigger-brown briquettes.1949, C. Geoffrey Holme, Decorative Art, page 26

Examples of nigger-brown in a sentence

  • The first class compartments are trimmed below the waist with grained nigger-brown leather cloth and above with beige leather cloth with a nigger brown band behind the chromium-plated luggage racks.1950 July, “Diesel Train Services for G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 490:
  • We have a three-piece suite upholstered in nigger-brown velvet […]1956, Homes and Gardens, volume 38, page 175:

Forms of nigger-brown

pluralnigger-browns

Questions about nigger-brown

What does nigger-brown mean?
Nigger-brown means a dark brown color.
How do you use nigger-brown in a sentence?
The first class compartments are trimmed below the waist with grained nigger-brown leather cloth and above with beige leather cloth with a nigger brown band behind the chromium-plated luggage racks.
What part of speech is nigger-brown?
Nigger-brown can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of nigger-brown?
The plural of nigger-brown is nigger-browns.

Words near nigger-brown in the dictionary

  1. nigger twist
  2. nigger universities
  3. nigger university
  4. nigger-boy
  5. nigger-boys
  6. nigger-brown
  7. nigger-browns
  8. nigger-fish
  9. nigger-fishes
  10. nigger-free
  11. nigger-fucker

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