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nigger head

nigger head is the alternative form of niggerhead.

Meaning of niggerhead

Noun

niggerhead (countable and uncountable, plural niggerheads)

  1. (dated, offensive) A bollard made from an old cannon.
  2. (archaic, colloquial, offensive) A geode.
  3. (offensive) A coneflower.
  4. (offensive) A coral or stone outcrop that stands above the surface of the water.
    • We were sailing swiftly along on a calm and glassy sea, past beautiful headlands and bits of scenery clothed with vivid and luxuriant green down to the water's edge; past glistening coral islands, on whose outer edges pale green billows broke on the white sandy beaches, boiling and seething as they...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 35
  5. (US, dated, offensive, Alaska) A tussock (clump of plant material), found on the tundra.
    • These plants fill the interstices between the grasses and tiny shrubs that make the outer, fuller form of the niggerhead.1912, Appalachia, volume 12, page 51
  6. (archaic) A strong black variety of chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form.
    Synonyms:
    nigger tobacco

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Proper noun capitalized: Nigger Head

Nigger Head

  1. (historical) A small island in the northern part of Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia.

Forms of nigger head

pluralnigger heads

Origin of nigger head

From niggerhead (“an isolated coral outcrop”).

Questions about nigger head

What does nigger head mean?
Nigger head means a small island in the northern part of Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia.
What is nigger head the alternative form of?
Nigger head is the alternative form of niggerhead.
What part of speech is nigger head?
Nigger head is a proper noun.

Words near nigger head in the dictionary

  1. Nigger Felon League
  2. nigger galleries
  3. nigger gallery
  4. nigger grin
  5. nigger grins
  6. nigger head
  7. nigger heads
  8. nigger heaven
  9. nigger heavens
  10. nigger in the fence
  11. nigger in the wood pile

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