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Meaning of jigaboo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbuː/

Definitions

A black person.
dated, offensive, slang
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.

See also

jigajig jigamaree Jigawa jigawatt jigga-jigga jiggambob