Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nigger-brown

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: nig-ger-brown
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark brown color.

Archaic; Countable; Offensive; Uncountable

adj

Having a dark brown colour.

Archaic; Offensive

Example Sentences

"Looking at the slight naked figures of various shades from Ng-Gunko's nigger-brown to Sigrid's rich cream, […] I felt that I had strayed into an island of goblins."
"She is on the sofa, knitting a nigger-brown jumper which looks as if it will be quite successful."
"Fireplace, AT LEFT, tiled with nigger-brown briquettes."
"The walls and ceiling of this drawing-room in Montague Square are painted ivory. The modern sofa built on classical lines is covered in nigger brown striped moire and fringed all round with brown and white spaced fringe […]"
"The first class compartments are trimmed below the waist with grained nigger-brown leather cloth and above with beige leather cloth with a nigger brown band behind the chromium-plated luggage racks."
"We have a three-piece suite upholstered in nigger-brown velvet […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

nigger-browns (plural)

Questions

What does nigger-brown mean?: A dark brown color.

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