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nigger shooter

nigger shooter noun: a catapult or slingshot.

Noun

nigger shooter (plural nigger shooters)

  1. (US, ethnic, slang, slur) A catapult or slingshot.
    • Any person who shall shoot an airgun, “nigger shooter,” catapult or such like device, […]1943, The Code of the City of Houston, Texas, page 605
    • A slingshot was commonly referred to as a nigger-shooter, for instance, during the late nineteenth and much of the twentieth centuries. “Gee mister, will you show us how to use a nigger-shooter,” implored one Texas youth of a local expert marksman.2022, Terry Anne Scott, Lynching and Leisure, page 161

Forms of nigger shooter

pluralnigger shooters

Questions about nigger shooter

What does nigger shooter mean?
Nigger shooter means a catapult or slingshot.
What part of speech is nigger shooter?
Nigger shooter is a noun.
What is the plural of nigger shooter?
The plural of nigger shooter is nigger shooters.

Words near nigger shooter in the dictionary

  1. nigger rich
  2. nigger rig
  3. nigger rigged
  4. nigger rigging
  5. nigger rigs
  6. nigger shooter
  7. nigger shooters
  8. nigger stick
  9. nigger sticks
  10. nigger tobacco
  11. nigger toe

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