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niggerhead

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Synonyms: nigger-head, nigger head, loggerhead

Antonyms: nigger-head, nigger head, loggerhead

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Noun

  1. {{lb|en|nautical|dated|now|_|offensive}} A [[bollard]] made from an old [[cannon]].
  2. {{lb|en|geology|archaic|colloquial|now|_|offensive}} A [[geode]].
  3. {{lb|en|now|_|offensive}} A [[coneflower]].
  4. {{lb|en|now|_|offensive}} A [[coral]] or stone [[outcrop]] that stands above the surface of the water.
  5. {{lb|en|US|Alaska|dated|now|_|offensive}} A [[tussock]] {{gl|clump of plant material}}, found on the [[tundra]].
  6. {{lb|en|archaic|countable|uncountable}} A strong black variety of [[chew]]ing [[tobacco]], usually in twisted [[plug]] form.
  7. {{lb|en|archaic|offensive|dialectal}} A [[stone]], piece of [[gangue]], or lump of [[coal]] that is of a [[grade]] with a certain size.<!--polysemic because evidently a lot of non-Black people were awful quick to call any lump of stuff by this name, in various contexts and occupations-->
  8. {{lb|en|vulgar|ethnic slur|offensive|derogatory}} {{ng|A term of abuse for a black person.}}

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