nigger heavenn.

Brit.

/ˌnɪɡə ˈhɛvn/, U.S.

/ˌnɪɡər ˈhɛv(ə)n/

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

Etymology: < nigger n. + heaven n.

U.S. slang (usually offensive).

1. A place or circumstance supposedly considered by black people to be particularly pleasant or enjoyable; (also) a place reserved for black people. rare.

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1875 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 Oct. 2/7 From within came the sound of music, and a few were lined to see what was transpiring. It was a perfect ‘nigger heaven’, and the bar was doing a big business.

1934 National Geographic Mag. Feb. 249/1 He treated his ‘helpers’ with such kindness that the planters in the South dubbed Sapelo ‘Nigger Heaven’.

1971 K. Millett Sexual Politics (1972) iii. viii. 354 The blacks' own humorous solution is to..dispatch him to the ‘nigger heaven’ of whiteness.

2. The top gallery in a theatre or cinema. Now historical.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > gallery

gallery1690

sky-parlour1747

amphitheatre1859

paradise1864

peanut gallery1876

nigger heaven1878

1878 A. Daly in J. F. Daly Life A. Daly (1917) 249 There is a ‘Nigger Heaven’ (as the third tier is called in Troy) here, & as 'tis very capacious I have been liberal with my pencilled passes.

1908 J. London Martin Eden xv. 133 Martin skipped on through the years to the night in the nigger heaven at the Auditorium.

1988 C. E. Lincoln Avenue, Clayton City 26 The local theater admitted colored patrons to its balcony, known colloquially as ‘Nigger Heaven’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nigger heaven
释义	nigger heavenn. Brit. /ˌnɪɡə ˈhɛvn/, U.S. /ˌnɪɡər ˈhɛv(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nigger n., heaven n. Etymology: < nigger n. + heaven n. U.S. slang (usually offensive). 1. A place or circumstance supposedly considered by black people to be particularly pleasant or enjoyable; (also) a place reserved for black people. rare. ΚΠ 1875 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 Oct. 2/7 From within came the sound of music, and a few were lined to see what was transpiring. It was a perfect ‘nigger heaven’, and the bar was doing a big business. 1934 National Geographic Mag. Feb. 249/1 He treated his ‘helpers’ with such kindness that the planters in the South dubbed Sapelo ‘Nigger Heaven’. 1971 K. Millett Sexual Politics (1972) iii. viii. 354 The blacks' own humorous solution is to..dispatch him to the ‘nigger heaven’ of whiteness. 2. The top gallery in a theatre or cinema. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > gallery gallery1690 sky-parlour1747 amphitheatre1859 paradise1864 peanut gallery1876 nigger heaven1878 1878 A. Daly in J. F. Daly Life A. Daly (1917) 249 There is a ‘Nigger Heaven’ (as the third tier is called in Troy) here, & as 'tis very capacious I have been liberal with my pencilled passes. 1908 J. London Martin Eden xv. 133 Martin skipped on through the years to the night in the nigger heaven at the Auditorium. 1988 C. E. Lincoln Avenue, Clayton City 26 The local theater admitted colored patrons to its balcony, known colloquially as ‘Nigger Heaven’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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