Meaning of rughead | Babel Free

Definitions

A black person.

US, ethnic, slang, slur

Examples

“Rizzo opens the door and he's surrounded — I mean⟳ a sea of these kids, I'm talking about tough-looking rugheads.”

“[…] I don't get⟳ why you want⟳ to run⟳ around with all these rugheads anyway." I automatically sneak⟳ a look⟳ around. One of these days he's going to say⟳ something like⟳ that and some big black dude is going to be right there.”

“Huffing and puffing on arrival, he immediately emphasized that he didn't want⟳ “no rugheads” taking care of him. By “rughead,” he meant black people inclusively—male and female. This constraint would create⟳ obvious problems.”

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