nigger choker

plural nigger chokers

1. archaicoffensiveSynonym of nigger killer (“a kind of sweet potato”).

   A Mexican who couldn't speak English came along with nigger chokers to sell. We bought some — now, when the flour and white potatoes give out, we can keep ourselves alive on nigger chokers.

   1962, The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, volume 65, page 532

   1 more example

   Today the offering took the form of some enormous red potatoes. "I brung you dese here nigger chokers, chile," ranging her gifts on the nursery mantel, "'cause eve'ything else done gone back on me," she prefaced gloomily.

   1905, Tomorrow Magazine, page 26

   Synonyms: nigger killer