Chigro

plural Chigros · plural Chigroes

1. offensiveA person of mixed Chinese and black ancestry.

   The Chigroes are a tough, forgotten race. They look down on the Negroes and the Chinese look down on them.

   1957, Ian Fleming, Dr. No

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   If I had my life over again I should undoubtedly marry a Chigro (Chinese negress) for they are the loveliest and merriest girls I ever set eyes on.

   1963, Stuart Petre Brodie Mais, Gillian Mais, Caribbean Cruise Holiday, page 17

   Mary was a Chigro — half Chinese, half Negro — born in Kingston, Jamaica. In her it was a spectacularly successful combination for she was as beautiful and athletic as she was intelligent and industrious.

   2000, Philip Kerr, The Shot, page 42