Usually means: Offensive slur against Black people.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word jigaboo:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. jigaboo: Merriam-Webster
  2. jigaboo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jigaboo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jigaboo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jigaboo: Vocabulary.com
  6. jigaboo: Wordnik
  7. jigaboo: Wiktionary
  8. jigaboo: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. jigaboo: Dictionary.com
  10. jigaboo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Jigaboo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. jigaboo: Rhymezone
  13. jigaboo: FreeDictionary.org
  14. jigaboo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. jigaboo: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jigaboo: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jigaboo (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. jigaboo: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. jig'aboo: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jigaboo)

▸ noun:  (offensive, slang, dated) A black person.
▸ noun:  (offensive, slang, dated) Any dark-skinned person.

Similar:
person of color, darkie, nigrescent, negro, negrophile, kike, Mestee, picaninny, racist, Uncle Tom, more...
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person of color, darkie, nigrescent, negro, negrophile, kike, Mestee, picaninny, racist, Uncle Tom, more...



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