单词 | nigger corner |
释义 | > as lemmasnigger corner nigger corner n. U.S. (offensive) †(a) that part of a public building in which black people were permitted (obsolete); (b) an area in which black people live. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > part of nigger corner1875 1875 Independent (N.Y.) 15 Apr. 15/2 They will hear ‘the same preaching’ from their ‘nigger’ corner, and will ‘receive the same sacraments’, after the whites have supped. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. June 233/1 In the ‘nigger corner’ sat Chambers. 2000 Yale Bull. & Calendar 1 Sept. 5/3 The name of the street in this picture is Blakely Street, but this part of it, which was a dead end, was called Nigger Corner. < as lemmas |
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