ziggaboo

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UK/ˈzɪɡəbuː/

noun

A nigger, negro; synonym of jigaboo.

Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounziggaboo (plural ziggaboos)

plural ziggaboos · alternative zigaboo

  1. derogatoryethnicslurAfrican-American VernacularA nigger, negro; synonym of jigaboo.

    Right now she got money enough in de bank tuh buy up dese ziggaboos and give ’em away.”

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 148
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APA

ziggaboo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ziggaboo

MLA

“ziggaboo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ziggaboo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ziggaboo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ziggaboo.

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