boogalee

plural boogalees · alternative boogerlee

1. derogatorysometimesA Cajun (with the implication that the person has partially black as well as partially white ancestry).

   To Bobby's schoolmates there, he was more than a non-English speaker, he was a Boogalee, a New Orleanian's derogatory term for a Cadien, or Cajun. The city boys teased Bobby about his hand-me-down coveralls […]

   2017, Woody Falgoux, Rise of the Cajun Mariners: The Race for Big Oil, Skyhorse, →ISBN

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   "That boogalee's been talking," he said, arranging his pillows higher. "I know he saw me this morning." "He did." "Snoopy," said Donald. "Mr. Petit ain't a boogalee," said Mrs. Candy. "And he ain't snoopy. He's right. What my roomers does is […]"

   1947, Robert Tallant, Mrs. Candy and Saturday night

   Avis Trosclair was a boogalee, a Cajun from the deepest bayous of Louisiana, a man of vast inner resources of happiness. About 42 years old, he talked with a perpetual love of humorous conversation, with a Cajun accent.

   1960, The Twainian

   We were considered pleasant to be around in spite of—or perhaps because of—a supposed utter lack of ambition. We were routinely called “boogalees” behind our backs and “coon-asses” to our faces. But times were changing, […]

   2011, Myron Tassin, We Are Acadians #2: Nous Sommes Acadiens, Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 18

   After the war some of us bought a houseboat on Vermilion Bay near Tigre au Chenier. Walter got everything organized. It was just like him to locate a cook-caretaker living right out there in the swamp and to line up some real boogalee guides.

   2011, Walker Percy, The Moviegoer: A Novel, Open Road Media, →ISBN