spearchucker

See also: spear-chucker and spear chucker

English

Etymology

spear +‎ chucker, in the offensive sense, alluding to a stereotype of Africans as primitive savages who use spears in hunting and war.

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Noun

spearchucker (plural spearchuckers)

(Britain, US, offensive, slang) A Black (African or African-American) person.
(Australia, humorous) An agitator.
- 2017, John Ferguson, Today in Victoria: A Peter Costello return makes no sense‎:
  O’Dwyer is seen by the Kroger people as a spear-chucker for everything anti-Kroger.
- 2017, Nick Caroll, Nick Carroll On: Plan C, Ideas For The WSL‎:
  Fred is pro surfing’s original spear-chucker.

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