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she-apes

she-apes is the plural of she-ape.

Meaning of she-ape

Noun

she-ape (plural she-apes)

  1. A female ape.
    • “I have never told you my story, Olga. It would have been better had you known it—this might not have happened. I never saw my father. The only mother I knew was a ferocious she-ape.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 46
  2. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A black woman.
    • Why would anybody, black or white, want to date a big stinky, sweaty, she-ape?1998 November 20, Phil Nation, “The figure of a black women”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet)

Questions about she-apes

What is she-apes the plural of?
She-apes is the plural of she-ape.

Words near she-apes in the dictionary

  1. she's the cat's mother
  2. she's unconscious
  3. she've
  4. she-
  5. she-ape
  6. she-apes
  7. she-ass
  8. she-asses
  9. she-bagger
  10. she-baggers
  11. she-bagging

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