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rugheads

rugheads is the plural of rughead.

Meaning of rughead

Noun

rughead (plural rugheads)

  1. (US, ethnic, slang, slur) A black person.
    • Rizzo opens the door and he's surrounded — I mean a sea of these kids, I'm talking about tough-looking rugheads.1993, S. A. Paolantonio, Frank Rizzo: The Last Big Man in Big City America, page 120
    Synonyms:
    rug

Questions about rugheads

What is rugheads the plural of?
Rugheads is the plural of rughead.

Words near rugheads in the dictionary

  1. Ruggs
  2. ruggy
  3. Rugh
  4. rughead
  5. rugheaded
  6. rugheads
  7. Rughs
  8. Rugia
  9. Rugian
  10. Rugians
  11. rugine

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