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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(countable, South Africa, dated, offensive) A large black gobstopper (long-lasting candy)..
1972, Contrast, Volume 8, South African Literary Journal Nigger-balls are the best sweets. You get four for a penny. When the black is sucked off you get pink and blue and blue-green, but you can't bite them until you've sucked them small or you'll chip your teeth.
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.
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 […]
Use niggerball when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Niggerball means (countable, South Africa, dated, offensive) A large black gobstopper (long-lasting candy)..
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1972, Contrast, Volume 8, South African Literary Journal Nigger-balls are the best sweets. You get four for a penny. When the black is sucked off you get pink and blue and blue-green, but you can't bite them until you've sucked them small or you'll chip your teeth.
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