nigger-boy

A form of niggerboy — A young black man.

Meanings

nounnigger-boy (plural nigger-boys)

plural nigger-boys

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of niggerboy.

    “Raggy Muffin!” he continued, turning half round in his easy chair. // The nigger-boy let go the punkah string and sprang to his feet.

    2020 August 13, Gordon Stables, Harry Milvaine the Wanderings of a Wayward Boy, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 80
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    “Me be a nigger-boy, born in de hovel,* // What plantain da shade from de sun wha da shine ; // Me learn to dig wid de spade and de shovel, // Me learn to hoe up de cane in a line.

    1889, New Catholic World, volume 49, Paulist Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 803

    “[…]This Clearfield Law, so close to your heart, does it still give me the right to buy a nigger-boy?” // “It does, Sir.” // “Does it permit me to sell a nigger-boy?” // “It does indeed.”

    2005 July 29, Fred Gaertner, Six Days Till Sunday, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 175
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