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niggerskins

niggerskins is the plural of niggerskin.

Meaning of niggerskin

Noun

niggerskin (plural niggerskins)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang) A black person's skin.
    • A curious, throbbing, impersonal force flowed through me and around me in an unstemmable tide. It was in the music, in the soft, soft niggerskins, in the pale whiteskins.1944, Sylvestre Cornelius Watkins, Anthology of American Negro Literature (Modern library of the world's best books), Modern Library, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 352
  2. (derogatory, ethnic, metonymically, offensive, slang, slur) A black person.
    • The voices had begun to circle silently and secretly and purposefully. “You're from Jap-pan pan pan niggerskin, and you made Pearl Harbor where we got you. Rat-ta-tat-tat!”1976, Asian American Women, Asian American Women, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39

Questions about niggerskins

What is niggerskins the plural of?
Niggerskins is the plural of niggerskin.

Words near niggerskins in the dictionary

  1. niggers in the woodpile
  2. niggers in woodpiles
  3. niggership
  4. niggerships
  5. niggerskin
  6. niggerskins
  7. niggersow
  8. niggersows
  9. niggerspeak
  10. niggertoe
  11. niggertoes

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