Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Niggerish.
  • noun An administrative division of the Dutch West Indies.

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  • adjective derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive Of or like a nigger.

Etymologies

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nigger +‎ -y

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Examples

  • The faint niggery smell which crept from the cabin increased her nausea and, without strength to combat it, she kept on retching miserably while the cabins and trees revolved swiftly around her.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • The faint niggery smell which crept from the cabin increased her nausea and, without strength to combat it, she kept on retching miserably while the cabins and trees revolved swiftly around her.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • The faint niggery smell which crept from the cabin increased her nausea and, without strength to combat it, she kept on retching miserably while the cabins and trees revolved swiftly around her.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • The faint niggery smell which crept from the cabin increased her nausea and, without strength to combat it, she kept on retching miserably while the cabins and trees revolved swiftly around her.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • The faint niggery smell which crept from the cabin increased her nausea and, without strength to combat it, she kept on retching miserably while the cabins and trees revolved swiftly around her.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • I don't quite recollect, I'm afraid; but anyhow, some comical little speck of a sugary, niggery, West Indian

    What's Bred in the Bone Grant Allen 1873

  • Clear & cool -- hung meat, "niggery Zhim" aiding -- old Presley,

    Diary of Jason Niles (1814-1894) : June 22, 1861-December 31, 1864, 1864

  • "Jiggigery, niggery, hop," or some words which so sounded, and away scuttled the old lady, bringing back a couple more hens.

    Hurricane Hurry William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • That’s like one of my black friends saying, Well … I guess you could somehow justify referring to that hairstyle as ‘niggery.’

    2009 December | Johnny B. Truant 2009

  • On a related note, after seeing you being gay with a Christmas tree, I’d really like some visuals on “niggery” hair, just to get the idea …

    Christmas is gay | Johnny B. Truant 2009

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