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negress
/ˈniːɡɹɪs/
noun 2
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2ADJ.
all, good
NEGRESS + NOUN
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noun
1
A black female.
Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]
1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of negress.
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Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clappin
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1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)
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