Meaning of niggerboy | Babel Free

Definitions

A young black man.

ethnic, offensive, slur

Equivalents

Examples

“The niggerboy didn't ride⟳ himself, but ran along behind Mr. Wayne like⟳ a blackberry growing from the horse's tail. On Mr. Wayne's instructions the niggerboy sped back to town, and Mr. Wayne, tying his horse, crossed above the […]”

“Not only is Ty Cobb the biggest player on the field, he is also the meanest and the loudest. “Hey, you Connie Mack. You see⟳ this here? I'm runnin' my hands thru the hair of a niggerboy. All the Tigers run⟳ their hands through the hair of this here niggerboy just before they go to bat.[…]””

“Wright learns how wounding it is to wear⟳ the mask of a grinning niggerboy in order⟳ to keep⟳ a job. He examines the life of the Negroes and judges it without charity or idyllic compensation—for he already knows, in his heart and his bones, that to be oppressed means to lose⟳ out on human possibilities.”

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