nigger babyn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪɡə ˌbeɪbi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪɡər ˌbeɪbi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nigger n., baby n.

Etymology: < nigger n. + baby n.

U.S. Usually offensive.

1. A black baby.

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1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing 110 There was..old bachelors buying doll-babies, and some of 'em nigger babies tu.

1848 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Sketches Trav. xvii. 147 The water is sleepin still and dark as a nigger baby in a shuck-pen.

1942 Public Opinion Q. 6 56 Prejudices..are part of our cultural heritage... ‘Last one in the water's a nigger-baby.’

1983 E. McClanahan Nat. Man (1984) iv. 40 She would just will the homeplace over to the penny-stricken little nigger babies in Africa.

†2. Military slang. A kind of large cannonball. Obsolete. rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or ball > cannonball

stone of iron1511

bullet1557

bombard1575

round shot1576

cannonball1606

pill1618

shot1622

bumbass1663

round1707

thunder-stone1822

bolt1871

nigger baby1872

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 117 Among the cant words produced by the late Civil War, nigger babies also became very popular; the term originated with the veterans serving under the Confederate General Hardee, who gave that name to the enormous projectiles thrown into the city of Charleston.

3. In plural. regional (California). Blue-eyed grass (genus Sisyrinchium), esp. California blue-eyed grass, S. bellum. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > North American

salt grass1704

wiregrass1751

Indian grass1765

buffalo grass1784

blue-eyed grass1785

mountain rice1790

nimble Will1816

yard-grass1822

mesquite1831

poverty-grass1832

tickle-moth1833

bunch-grass1837

naked-beard grass1848

needle grass1848

Means grass1858

toothache-grass1860

Johnson grass1873

Indian rice grass1893

nigger babies1897

St. Augustine grass1905

pinyon ricegrass1935

1897 M. E. Parsons Wild Flowers Calif. 284 These blossoms are called ‘nigger-babies’ by the children.

1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 70 The small, oddly-shaped, little capsule is dark-brown when ripe, and perhaps suggested one of the common names, Nigger-babies.

1961 J. H. Thomas Flora Santa Cruz Mountains 127 S. bellum..Nigger Babies, California Blue-eyed Grass.

4. regional. A dark-coloured sweet, usually made of liquorice, in the shape of a baby. Usually in plural. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > liquorice

liquoricec1275

liquorice-stick1580

rigolice1580

glycyrize1599

Spanish liquorice1753

Pomfret?1780

Spanish juice1803

sugarallie1812

allsorts1851

sugarallie button1887

liquorice all-sorts1928

nigger baby1934

bootlace1935

liquorice bootlace1952

1934 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 July 18/1 The generation in command today were children pulling candy in the kitchen, or buying ‘nigger babies’ over the counter.

1940 H. L. Mencken Happy Days 208 He much preferred the black licorice nigger-babies sold by old man Kunker.

1963 J. R. Burroughs Headfirst in Pickle Barrel 105 Licorice ‘nigger babies’ also were available (ten for a penny).

2000 F. E. Dailey My Times with Sisters v A glassed in counter top held..nigger babies and sweet concoctions shaped like little bananas. Nigger babies were the product name of the twenties for a licorice-based, sugared, candy product in the shape of a baby.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nigger baby
释义	nigger babyn. Brit. /ˈnɪɡə ˌbeɪbi/, U.S. /ˈnɪɡər ˌbeɪbi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nigger n., baby n. Etymology: < nigger n. + baby n. U.S. Usually offensive. 1. A black baby. ΚΠ 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing 110 There was..old bachelors buying doll-babies, and some of 'em nigger babies tu. 1848 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Sketches Trav. xvii. 147 The water is sleepin still and dark as a nigger baby in a shuck-pen. 1942 Public Opinion Q. 6 56 Prejudices..are part of our cultural heritage... ‘Last one in the water's a nigger-baby.’ 1983 E. McClanahan Nat. Man (1984) iv. 40 She would just will the homeplace over to the penny-stricken little nigger babies in Africa. †2. Military slang. A kind of large cannonball. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or ball > cannonball stone of iron1511 bullet1557 bombard1575 round shot1576 cannonball1606 pill1618 shot1622 bumbass1663 round1707 thunder-stone1822 bolt1871 nigger baby1872 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 117 Among the cant words produced by the late Civil War, nigger babies also became very popular; the term originated with the veterans serving under the Confederate General Hardee, who gave that name to the enormous projectiles thrown into the city of Charleston. 3. In plural. regional (California). Blue-eyed grass (genus Sisyrinchium), esp. California blue-eyed grass, S. bellum. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > North American salt grass1704 wiregrass1751 Indian grass1765 buffalo grass1784 blue-eyed grass1785 mountain rice1790 nimble Will1816 yard-grass1822 mesquite1831 poverty-grass1832 tickle-moth1833 bunch-grass1837 naked-beard grass1848 needle grass1848 Means grass1858 toothache-grass1860 Johnson grass1873 Indian rice grass1893 nigger babies1897 St. Augustine grass1905 pinyon ricegrass1935 1897 M. E. Parsons Wild Flowers Calif. 284 These blossoms are called ‘nigger-babies’ by the children. 1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 70 The small, oddly-shaped, little capsule is dark-brown when ripe, and perhaps suggested one of the common names, Nigger-babies. 1961 J. H. Thomas Flora Santa Cruz Mountains 127 S. bellum..Nigger Babies, California Blue-eyed Grass. 4. regional. A dark-coloured sweet, usually made of liquorice, in the shape of a baby. Usually in plural. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > liquorice liquoricec1275 liquorice-stick1580 rigolice1580 glycyrize1599 Spanish liquorice1753 Pomfret?1780 Spanish juice1803 sugarallie1812 allsorts1851 sugarallie button1887 liquorice all-sorts1928 nigger baby1934 bootlace1935 liquorice bootlace1952 1934 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 July 18/1 The generation in command today were children pulling candy in the kitchen, or buying ‘nigger babies’ over the counter. 1940 H. L. Mencken Happy Days 208 He much preferred the black licorice nigger-babies sold by old man Kunker. 1963 J. R. Burroughs Headfirst in Pickle Barrel 105 Licorice ‘nigger babies’ also were available (ten for a penny). 2000 F. E. Dailey My Times with Sisters v A glassed in counter top held..nigger babies and sweet concoctions shaped like little bananas. Nigger babies were the product name of the twenties for a licorice-based, sugared, candy product in the shape of a baby. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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