35 Metaphors for nigger

Wen de yuther niggers 'ud be sky-larkin' 'roun' nights en' Sundays, Skundus 'ud be soun' asleep in his cabin.

De niggers would be jumpin' as high as a cow er mule.

But I 'spects niggers is the biggest ones.

Dis Nigger, Walter Riley, I was a-tellin' you 'bout awhile ago, were a-courtin' a yaller[FN: yellow] woman.

He said his niggers was his property.

He says God cussed Ham, and the niggers are the descendants of Ham.

Pointing to a hill, as we entered a little settlement on our way to Macon, he exclaimed, "See there, gentlemen, twenty years ago I toiled up that hill without a cent in my wallet (purse), but now" he continued, with the air of a potentate, "my niggers are the sleekest in our country.

De niggers is be'n train' ter fergiveniss; an' fer fear dey might fergit how ter fergive, de w'ite folks gives 'em somethin' new ev'y now an' den, ter practice on.

Dese yer niggers is gittin' monst'us triflin' en lazy en keerless, en dey ain' no 'pen'ence ter be put in 'em.

"But," he said, "do you mean to claim, ballot or no ballot, education or no education, that niggers are the equals of white men?"

The Nigger was Darrow's especial prey.

Dere's two niggers ter one white man in dis town, an' I'm sho' I kin fin' fifty of 'em w'at 'll fight, ef dey kin fin' anybody ter lead 'em.

" "Blue gummed niggers is shon bad luck

Dere's two niggers ter one white man in dis town, an' I'm sho' I kin fin' fifty of 'em w'at 'll fight, ef dey kin fin' anybody ter lead 'em.

A stream cannot rise higher than its fountain, and a smart nigger without a constituency will no longer be an object of fear.

Her mother's poor niggers used to be cut up and slashed all the time; for she was a horse at the mill.

I remember they built pens in the woods where they could hide, and Christmas time they went and got into the pens, 'fraid the niggers was risin'.'

The Thames nigger is generally a cockney covered with blackening, which only alters his skin and does not change his accent.

It's of no use, and these 'ere learned niggers are always gettin' into trouble.

Dilsey, yer knows me too well fer ter b'lieve I 'd steal, er do dis yuther wick'ness de niggers is all layin' ter me,yer knows I would n' do dat, Dilsey.

All niggers are fools.

A dead nigger is no loss to any white man.

When, at a critical point, a player missed a shot, he was deluged, by those financially interested in his making it, with a flood of epithets synonymous with "chump"; While from the others he would be jeered by such remarks as "Nigger, dat cue ain't no hoe-handle."

Well dem two niggers is de las' ob pea-time.

"Nigger aint got no business being sot free, niggers still oughter be slaves.

35 Metaphors for  nigger