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nigger nose

nigger nose noun: an insult, a term of contempt for a black person.

Noun

nigger nose (plural nigger noses)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, idiomatic, slur) An insult, a term of contempt for a black person.
    • The Mister loved to be teased. He frequently asked for it by lying down and fanning the floor with his tail whilst eyeing you invitingly. We used to tease him about his black nose: called him "nigger nose".1942, Henry Tetlow, We farm for a hobby and make it pay
    • We get such nicknames as nigger nose, beetle face, big lips, and this tends in a certain way to help gain the closeness of one to the other, but it also acts as a disruptive force in the room1965, Gertrude L. Downing with Queen's College (New York, N.Y.). College Committee, The preparations of teachers for schools in culturally deprived ...

Examples of nigger nose in a sentence

  • He was teased by his sisters and other children, who called him "nigger nose" and "toe nose."1997, Jefferson A. Singer, Message in a bottle: stories of men and addiction:
  • ... because he always called me nigger, nigger lips or nigger nose2008, Richard Baer, Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman ..., page 287:
  • She called me 'nigger nose' and 'nigger lips' and remarked on my buck teeth and lisp-y, effeminate voice.2010, Gabriel Mendez, Ordinary Boy, page 150:

Forms of nigger nose

pluralnigger noses

Questions about nigger nose

What does nigger nose mean?
Nigger nose means an insult, a term of contempt for a black person.
How do you use nigger nose in a sentence?
He was teased by his sisters and other children, who called him "nigger nose" and "toe nose."
What part of speech is nigger nose?
Nigger nose is a noun.
What is the plural of nigger nose?
The plural of nigger nose is nigger noses.

Words near nigger nose in the dictionary

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  4. nigger moment
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  8. nigger pennies
  9. nigger pool
  10. nigger pools
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