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Meaning of jigaboo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbuː

Definitions

  1. A black person.
    dated, offensive, slang
  2. Any dark-skinned person.
    dated, offensive, slang

Equivalents

日本語 黒んぼ

Examples

“[…] a thicklips, a jigaboo or a jungle bunny, a spook or a spearchucker. My least favourite of these names that people found for black people was the rancid and disgusting “munter”, a Bantu word which the Afrikaners used as an expletive […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

jigajig jigamaree Jigawa jigawatt jigga-jigga jiggambob

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