See wigger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wigger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wigger.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪɡə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wigga"
},
{
"word": "whigger"
},
{
"word": "whigga"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vigger",
"sense": "White person pretending to be black",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "виггер"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"wigger"
],
"word": "wigger"
}
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