Niggerskin
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A black person's skin. derogatory, offensive, slang
"A curious, throbbing, impersonal force flowed through me and around me in an unstemmable tide. It was in the music, in the soft, soft niggerskins, in the pale whiteskins."
- 2 A black person. derogatory, ethnic, metonymically, offensive, slang, slur
"The voices had begun to circle silently and secretly and purposefully. “You're from Jap-pan pan pan niggerskin, and you made Pearl Harbor where we got you. Rat-ta-tat-tat!”"
Example
More examples"A curious, throbbing, impersonal force flowed through me and around me in an unstemmable tide. It was in the music, in the soft, soft niggerskins, in the pale whiteskins."
Etymology
From nigger + skin.
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