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- noun Plural form of
nig .
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Examples
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But the little "nigs" kill me outright, they looking so much like a lot of monkeys, I know of nothing so comical.
The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster Henry Hill Goodell
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So the prayer was very much interrupted by the little "nigs" telling on each other, calling out "Granny" (as they all called Aunt Nancy), "Jim didn't say his 'kingdom come.'"
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So the prayer was very much interrupted by the little "nigs" telling on each other, calling out "Granny" (as they all called Aunt Nancy), "Jim didn't say his 'kingdom come.'"
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878
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Yea I could make more money if I stole from my employer or embezzled my clients money-which most of you nigs would do in a New York minuteread above as to why-but I choose not to because that would be wrong.
White Alert: Angry Black Men Taking Over Cincy! Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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'You must teach these Polish nigs a lesson' No bett agent for such a lesson than Suvorov could have been found, for on 1 November 1794 he threw his massive Russian army around the suburb of Praga on the right bank of the Vistula opposite Warsaw, where a last remnant of some 14,000 Polish patriots, including Feliks Bukowski, had assembled to try to protect the capital.
Poland Michener, James 1983
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All the same, he thought bitterly, I'm goddamned if I know why he's so goddam touchy about nigs.
King Rat Clavell, James, 1924- 1962
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'He is no brother of mine, you old fool; preach to the nigs, don't preach to me,' said the Colonel, stifling his displeasure, and striding off through the black crowd, without saying another word.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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The little nigs, only four or five years old, would rush into the ring and shuffle away at the breakdowns till I feared their short legs would come off; while all the darkies joined in the songs, till the branches of the old pines above shook as if they too had caught the spirit of the music.
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'War dar eber sprightlier nigs dan dese, massa Kirke?
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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'Yes, massa, we's right smart; an' all on we's good little nigs eber sense 'ou's' way. '
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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