Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hairyback

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hairy-back
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

A white Afrikaner.

Derogatory; Offensive; Slang

Example Sentences

"I couldn't care that the ous call me rooinek and sometimes whiterat because of my hair and face. At least I am not a hairyback I tell them."
"A mistake which is often made by our South African militants is to assume that we are cleverer than the police, that we can out-manoeuvre the 'hairybacks' and the 'rock spiders'[…]"
"[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners."

Etymology

From hairy + back.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hairybacks (plural)

Questions

What does hairyback mean?: A gastrotrich.
Where does hairyback come from?: From hairy + back.

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