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pigger

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English

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Etymology 1

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From pig +‎ -er.

Noun

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pigger (plural piggers)

  1. A pig farmer.
    • 1911 September 30, The Sport, Adelaide, SA, page 4, column 4:
      Chief-Secretary Wallis, who pleads guilty to a delicate sense of smell, has agreed to do his darndest to shift the piggers from their present quarters between the wind and his nobility - we mean between this fair city and the sea.
  2. A person who hunts pigs or is employed to shoot wild pigs.

Etymology 2

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Blend of pig +‎ nigger.

Noun

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pigger (plural piggers)

  1. (ethnic slur, offensive, US) A black police officer.
    • 2010 October 19, Kay, “Spook kills pigger over parking spot”, in alt.sports.baseball.sd-padres[1] (Usenet):
      Charging documents say James threw a fist-sized portion of concrete at
      Detective Stevenson, hitting his head. He was taken to Johns Hopkins
      Bayview and pronounced dead just 35 minutes later.
    • 2011 January 7, Harvey Daye, Jr, “Pigger charged with beating his ho”, in alt.support.childfree[2] (Usenet):
      Chicago - Domestic violence charges have been re-filed against Des
      Plaines Police Sergeant Matthew Hicks.
      Hicks, 46, is accused of beating his wife in their home last April.
    • 2011 March 13, Lady Veteran, “Pigger who diddled 14 year old girls goes to hell”, in 24hoursupport.helpdesk[3] (Usenet):
      A perverted former New York police officer who is dying of cancer was
      jailed for almost 22 years today in a hospital bedside sentencing.
      Trent Young, 42, pleaded guilty to transporting three underage girls -
      two as young as 14 - across state lines for sex.
    • 2012 January 28, Eva, “Pigger breaks into woman's home and chokes her”, in alt.support.autism[4] (Usenet):
      CINCINNATI -- A grand jury indicted a Cincinnati police officer accused
      of breaking into a home and choking a woman inside.
      Ronald Kiner was indicted Friday on two counts of aggravated burglary,
      two counts of menacing by stalking and one count of burglary.
Derived terms
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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pigger m

  1. indefinite plural of pigg