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niggerball

noun

Etymology

From nigger + ball.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from *bʰélō✻
  3. inherited from *balluz✻
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall✻
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as niggerball — “nigger + ball”

Definitions

  1. A large black gobstopper (long-lasting candy).

    • That the words of Jeremy Taylor's Ag Pleez, Deddy have been changed to suit the times? No longer " … how we miss niggerballs and licorice … " but " … how we miss bullseyes and … " Ag pleez, Jeremy.
    • niggerballs and liquorice and the soft, brightly-coloured squares that the children loved.

  2. The sport of basketball.

    • It's easy to see how Amerika's so easily turning into a police state, give the unwashed masses their television and some niggerball and they'll ignore the fact that they're slaves.
    • […] two-hundred dollar tennis shoes named after some niggerball player […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA