Meanings
plural burrheads
- derogatoryethnicoffensiveslurA black person.
Top FBI officials were bitter that their scandalous tidbits about "burrhead" (Hoover's favorite nickname for [Martin Luther] King) were were not published and King's stature was undiminished.
1993, Donald Lee Grant, Jonathan Grant, The Way it was in the South, page 4241 more example
If you burrheads are looking for some white stuff tonight, you'd better look elsewhere. Now, get the hell out of here before I feed you your balls for an appetizer!” The younger black whirls to face Harlan, his biceps tugging at his shirtsleeves […]
2002, Charles Combs, Deadly Heritage, page 27
Origin
From burr + head, referring to fuzzy hair.
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