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Moon cricket

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A black person. US, ethnic, slang, slur

    "Her Dad had been someone her Mom didn't know in Houston. I always used to joke, "Maybe he was a Moon-Cricket from Alabama," but Trish is totally not black."

Etymology

From moon + cricket. Perhaps a reference to slaves singing songs during the night.

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