Meaning of niggery | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or like a nigger.

derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur

Examples

“She remembered the hot sun, the soft red earth under her sick head, the niggery smell⟳ of the cabin behind the ruins of Twelve Oaks, remembered the refrain her heart had beaten […]”

“[…] hearing only voodoo incantations and wicked spells and niggery maledictions and sorcery thrown his way.”

“Reba's high-minded, skinned grandmother “had taught me that it was good fashion to dress simply and not wear⟳ loud colors and earrings and fake jewelry. I was at the age when girls love⟳ flashy stuff, but Gran called that 'niggery.'” Reba knew “niggery” when she saw⟳ it and so altered her own⟳ presentation of self.”

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