Meaning of boogalee | Babel Free

Definitions

A Cajun (with the implication that the person has partially black as well as partially white ancestry).

derogatory, sometimes

Examples

“"That boogalee's been talking," he said, arranging his pillows higher. "I know⟳ he saw⟳ me this morning." "He did." "Snoopy," said Donald. "Mr. Petit ain't a boogalee," said Mrs. Candy. "And he ain't snoopy. He's right. What my roomers does is […]"”

“Avis Trosclair was a boogalee, a Cajun from the deepest bayous of Louisiana, a man of vast inner resources of happiness. About 42 years old, he talked with a perpetual love⟳ of humorous conversation, with a Cajun accent.”

“We were considered pleasant to be around in spite of—or perhaps because of—a supposed utter lack of ambition. We were routinely called “boogalees” behind our backs and “coon-asses” to our faces. But times were changing, […]”

“After the war some of us bought a houseboat on Vermilion Bay near Tigre au Chenier. Walter got everything organized. It was just like⟳ him to locate⟳ a cook-caretaker living right out there in the swamp and to line up some real boogalee guides.”

“To Bobby's schoolmates there, he was more than a non-English speaker, he was a Boogalee, a New Orleanian's derogatory term for a Cadien, or Cajun. The city boys teased Bobby about his hand-me-down coveralls […]”

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