单词 | nigging |
释义 | † niggingn.1 slang. Obsolete. The action of nig v.2 ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Nigging, Clipping. 1796 Grose's Dict. Vulgar Tongue (1931) Nigging, Clipping. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). niggingn.2 U.S. slang. Now rare. The action of nig v.3 ΚΠ 1849 H. Melville Redburn xi. 390 There was a great deal of contention, a great many ungentlemanly charges of nigging and cheating. 1864 ‘P. Q. Reminisco’ Life in Union Army 14 In the volunteer commissariat, ‘nigging’ and gouging are the rule, and honesty and fairness the exception. 1917 J. B. Cable God I See Much there is to prompt a fellow, not at all times to play fair, For so oft we think by ‘nigging’, as it is a trifling sin, That [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11699n.21849 |
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