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Meaning of nigger shooter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A catapult or slingshot.

US, ethnic, slang, slur

Examples

“Any person who shall shoot an airgun, “nigger shooter,” catapult or such like device, […]”
“A slingshot was commonly referred to as a nigger-shooter, for instance, during the late nineteenth and much of the twentieth centuries. “Gee mister, will you show us how to use a nigger-shooter,” implored one Texas youth of a local expert marksman.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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