"gutter ape" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gutter apes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gutter ape (plural gutter apes)
  1. (offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur Related terms: yard ape
    Sense id: en-gutter_ape-en-noun-PG6l68SO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003 June 29, William_J_Wolfe, “ARE ALL NIGGERS RETARDED?????”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):",
          "text": "We have to compare apples with apples, not apple with bananas. Compare\ngutter apes with hens or cows and a workable gutter monkey\nintelligence standard will emerge. You and I know that the hen and the\ncow will be of higher intelligence than the nigger, but that's the way\nthe world works.",
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          "ref": "2006 March 25, Niggercrusher, “Re: Blacks Attack Beaners”, in alt.education (Usenet):",
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          "text": "More proof again of what little value blacks place on their own kind. These\ngutter apes not only beat the poor ice cream truck owner senseless, but they\ntried to destroy his sole means of income.",
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