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单词 niggers
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niggersn.int.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nigs n.
Etymology: Probably a variant of nigs n., with unexplained intrusive syllable. Compare 'Sniggers int., 'Snigs int.
Obsolete (archaic in later use).
Used in oaths and asseverations, as Od's niggers (see od n.1) and variants. Occasionally used alone as int. (also in reduplicated form as niggers-noggers).
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nigsc1576
'Sneaks1602
od's nigsa1625
niggers1633
'Sniggers1633
'Snigsa1643
Gad's nigs1651
Gad's niggers1694
1633 Match at Mid-night i. i Niggers, and I had but dreamed of this.
1633 Match at Mid-night i. i Niggers-noggers, I wonnot.
1677 Counterfeit Bridegroom ii. i. 20 Niggers, noggers, what ailes the Widow.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lvi. 224 Odds niggers! (cried he) I have a silver caudle-cup that holds just the quantity.
1771 I. Bickerstaff He wou'd if He Cou'd i. vii. 10 Odds rabbits and niggers, the more I reflect, It is the best measure..I could have adopted, in every respect.
1839 R. Dawes Nix's Mate I. iv. 100 ‘Why, od's niggers!’ cried Morgan, ‘I know'd well enough that Sam couldn't feel nothing.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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