"nigger-brown" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nigger-brown (uncountable)
  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Of a very dark brown color. Tags: ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nigger-brown-en-noun-T-~vWbhk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1935, Alan Campbell-Johnson, Growing Opinions: A Symposium of British Youth Outlook, page 165:",
          "text": "She is on the sofa, knitting a nigger-brown jumper which looks as if it will be quite successful.",
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          "ref": "1949, C. Geoffrey Holme, Decorative Art, page 26:",
          "text": "Fireplace, AT LEFT, tiled with nigger-brown briquettes.",
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        {
          "ref": "1938, Interior Decoration To-day, page 132:",
          "text": "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 […]",
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          "ref": "1950 July, “Diesel Train Services for G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 490:",
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          "ref": "1956, Homes and Gardens, volume 38, page 175:",
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