Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spearchucker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spearchuck-er
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A black (African or African-American or an Aboriginal Australian) person.

Australian usage; British usage; American usage; Offensive; Slang

noun

Australian usage; Humorous

Example Sentences

"The other night, Jackson's on the radio asking if anybody in the area has seen two spearchuckers winging it off on foot with a pile of nigger clothes in their hands. Jesus Christ. Spearchuckers? Niggers? The guy's KKK material."
"9:45 A man across the circle from me shouted, "Hey spearchuckers! Hey spearchuckers! Why don't you turn bright red! Oh!, They're not spearchuckers, they're Indians."
"O’Dwyer is seen by the Kroger people as a spear-chucker for everything anti-Kroger."
"Fred is pro surfing’s original spear-chucker."

Etymology

From spear + chucker, in the offensive sense, alluding to a stereotype of Africans as primitive savages who use spears in hunting and war.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spearchuckers (plural)

Questions

What does spearchucker mean?: A black (African or African-American or an Aboriginal Australian) person.
Where does spearchucker come from?: From spear + chucker, in the offensive sense, alluding to a stereotype of Africans as primitive savages who use spears in hunting and war.

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