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spearchucker

spearchucker noun: a black (African or African-American or an Aboriginal Australian) person.

Noun

spearchucker (plural spearchuckers)

  1. (Australia, UK, US, ethnic, offensive, slang) A black (African or African-American or an Aboriginal Australian) person.
    • The other night, Jackson's on the radio asking if anybody in the area has seen two spearchuckers winging it off on foot with a pile of nigger clothes in their hands. Jesus Christ. Spearchuckers? Niggers? The guy's KKK material.1983, Maurice Punch, Control in the Police Organization, MIT Press
    • 9:45 A man across the circle from me shouted, "Hey spearchuckers! Hey spearchuckers! Why don't you turn bright red! Oh!, They're not spearchuckers, they're Indians.1991, 1990 Witness Report: Chippewa Spearfishing Season : Violence, Ineffective Law Enforcement, and Racism
  2. (Australia, humorous) An agitator.
    • O’Dwyer is seen by the Kroger people as a spear-chucker for everything anti-Kroger.2017, John Ferguson, Today in Victoria: A Peter Costello return makes no sense
    • Fred is pro surfing’s original spear-chucker.2017 February 13, Nick Carroll, “Nick Carroll On: Plan C, Ideas For The WSL”, in Coastalwatch, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2017

Forms of spearchucker

pluralspearchuckers

Origin of spearchucker

From spear + chucker, in the offensive sense, alluding to a stereotype of Africans as primitive savages who use spears in hunting and war.

Questions about spearchucker

What does spearchucker mean?
Spearchucker means a black (African or African-American or an Aboriginal Australian) person.
What part of speech is spearchucker?
Spearchucker is a noun.
What is the plural of spearchucker?
The plural of spearchucker is spearchuckers.

Words near spearchucker in the dictionary

  1. spearcarriers
  2. spearcast
  3. spearcaster
  4. spearcasters
  5. spearcasts
  6. spearchucker
  7. spearchuckers
  8. speare
  9. speared
  10. spearer
  11. spearers

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