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pavement apes

pavement apes is the plural of pavement ape.

Meaning of pavement ape

Noun

pavement ape (plural pavement apes)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A black person.
    • Colon, as an Italo-Afro-American, YOU are one of those pavement apes.2015, NEMO, “Re: What does NAACP stand for?”, in uk.rec.driving (Usenet)

Questions about pavement apes

What is pavement apes the plural of?
Pavement apes is the plural of pavement ape.

Words near pavement apes in the dictionary

  1. Pavelkos
  2. pavement
  3. pavement ant
  4. pavement ants
  5. pavement ape
  6. pavement apes
  7. pavement artist
  8. pavement artists
  9. pavement cafe
  10. pavement cafes
  11. pavement café

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