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- noun Plural form of
niggard .
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Examples
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Chris Travers: “No niggards here” is, literally read, not objectionable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion, Anti-Discrimination Law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010
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I was just human, and I was taking the path in the world that men took -- men whom I admired, if you please; full-blooded men, lusty, breedy, chesty men, free spirits and anything but niggards in the way they foamed life away.
Chapter 16 2010
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“No niggards here” is, literally read, not objectionable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion, Anti-Discrimination Law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010
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In your “niggards” hypothetical, as I said, the sign would be taken as some evidence of discriminatory intent, but the store owner could show that in fact he did not engage in any racial discrimination.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010
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“No niggards here” is, literally read, not objectionable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion, Anti-Discrimination Law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010
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Chris Travers: “No niggards here” is, literally read, not objectionable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion, Anti-Discrimination Law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010
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In your “niggards” hypothetical, as I said, the sign would be taken as some evidence of discriminatory intent, but the store owner could show that in fact he did not engage in any racial discrimination.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010
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If it was one more letter, I was going to say that most of the patrons at the rich golf club were probably niggards regardless of race ;-.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Buddhists and Moslems arm against terrorists: 2009
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Let a man throw aside that narrowness of soul, that selfishness of principle, which the niggards of all professions are so unwilling to part with, and he will be at once delivered of his fears on that head.
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But most of all because they are free-handed, and we can be only niggards.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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