Meaning of yard ape | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An unruly child.
   derogatory, slang
2. A black person.
   derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Examples

“"Yard apes!" yelled Ramona, her name⟳ for the sort⟳ of boys who always got the best balls, who were always first on the playground, and who chased their soccer balls through other people's hopscotch games.”

““Get⟳ outta my clean⟳ kitchen with those dirty feet, you yard apes!” Yard apes were unruly children.”

“I went to Donna's little girl's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and had to listen⟳ to those screaming yard apes for an hour.”

“Crude American racists often refer⟳ to blacks as "niggers," "coons," "porch monkeys," "jungle bunnies," and "yard apes."”

“Can't you yard apes think⟳ of anything original to cry⟳ about?”

“It was a great Academy Award show⟳ this year, where the totally niggerfree movie Titanic won no less than 11 Academy Awards. It's a really great movie running 3h14min and not a single solitary yard ape in sight.”

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