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nigger-browns

nigger-browns is the plural of nigger-brown.

Meaning of nigger-brown

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

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Questions about nigger-browns

What is nigger-browns the plural of?
Nigger-browns is the plural of nigger-brown.

Words near nigger-browns in the dictionary

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

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