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nigger nose en · NOUN

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1. (derogatory, ethnic, idiomatic, slur) An insult, a term of contempt for a black person.
   • He was teased by his sisters and other children, who called him "nigger nose" and "toe nose." 1997, Jefferson A. Singer, Message in a bottle: stories of men and addiction:
   • ... of nicknames entered my life just as he was leaving it. "Fish Face." "Scrambled-Egg Lips." "Dick Snout." "Dufus." "Nigger-nose." "Bottom Feeder." "Almost Monster." 2001, Allan Gurganus, The practical heart: four novellas:
   • She called me 'nigger nose' and 'nigger lips' and remarked on my buck teeth and lisp-y, effeminate voice. 2010, Gabriel Mendez, Ordinary Boy, page 150:
   • We get such nicknames as nigger nose, beetle face, big lips, and this tends in a certain way to help gain the closeness of one to the other, but it also acts as a disruptive force in the room 1965, Gertrude L. Downing with Queen's College (New York, N.Y.). College Committee, The preparations of teachers for schools in culturally deprived ...:
   • ... because he always called me nigger, nigger lips or nigger nose 2008, Richard Baer, Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman ..., page 287:
   • "Nigger — nigger nose!" She laughs. "Fix it? Please?" I don't want to cry. "Sure, nigger nose!" 1998, Laurie Stone, Close to the Bone: Memoirs of Hurt, Rage, and Desire, page 16:
   • The Mister loved to be teased. He frequently asked for it by lying down and fanning the floor with his tail whilst eyeing you invitingly. We used to tease him about his black nose: called him "nigger nose". 1942, Henry Tetlow, We farm for a hobby and make it pay:

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