yard ape

Noun

yard ape (plural yard apes)

1. (derogatory, slang) An unruly child.
   • "Yard apes!" yelled Ramona, her name for the sort of boys who always got the best balls, who were always first on the playground, and who chased their soccer balls through other people's hopscotch games.1981, Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8
   • “Get outta my clean kitchen with those dirty feet, you yard apes!” Yard apes were unruly children.2007, Sandra Chastain, Debra Leigh Smith, Martha L. Crockett, On Grandma's Porch
2. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A black person.
   • Crude American racists often refer to blacks as "niggers," "coons," "porch monkeys," "jungle bunnies," and "yard apes."1997, Lewis R. Gordon, Existence in Black
   • Can't you yard apes think of anything original to cry about?1997, Sum1 Sumwhere, “Why Africa cannot afford to be Weak”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet)