"niggerling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: niggerlings [plural]
Etymology: From nigger + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nigger|ling}} nigger + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} niggerling (plural niggerlings)
  1. (dated, offensive, ethnic slur) A young or small black person. Tags: dated, ethnic, offensive, slur Synonyms: niglet, pickaninny

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1981, Ronald Firbank, Five Novels, (New Directions Publishing), page 142:",
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